A Few Photos from Paisley

Paisley is a town near Glasgow that used to be famous for its textile manufacturing.The Scots language/the Scots leid:Paisley’s a toon narhaun Glesca that yisst tae be faur kent fur its textile manufacturin. Paisley Town Hall.The Scots language/the Scots leid:Paisley Toon Hoose. Paisley Abbey. Oakshaw Trinity Church.The Scots language/the Scots leid:Aikshaw Tarnty Kirk. The John …

Gardy Loo: Sanitation in Eighteenth-Century Edinburgh

“By ten o’clock each night the filth collected in each household was poured from the high windows, and fell in malodorous plash upon the pavement, and not seldom on unwary passers-by. At the warning call of ‘Gardy loo’ (Gardez l’eau) from servants preparing to outpour the contents of stoups, pots, and cans, the passengers beneath …

I’m Here

Some are Out for Fun

The Scots language/the Scots leid:Some is on the daffin.

Outside Ibrox Subway Station, Glasgow

Steeple Looming

The Lady with the Dog

The Scots language/the Scots leid:The leddy wi the dug.

Sit Down and Rest

The Scots language/the Scots leid:Lint yer hochs.

Corrugation

One Ice-Cream Van

One ice-cream van does not make a summer.The Scots language/the Scots leid:Ae icie disna mak a simmer.

Waiting for the Lights to Change

The Scots language/the Scots leid:Bidin on the lichts chyngin.

Localities

A Glasgow neighbourhood where middle-class people live.The Scots language/The Scots leid:A Glesca gate-en whaur hauf-knabbies steys. A Glasgow neighbourhood where ‘ordinary people’ live.The Scots language/The Scots leid:A Glesca gate-en whaur ‘five-echters’ bides.