Balintore Castle Restoration Project

Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Rare Archive Photos

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An archive of historic photographs owned by the Storrier family, has recently been made public. My friend Andrew went to investigate toda...
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Sunday, 1 April 2018

Easter Tiling

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I took a fortnight's break before Easter with the intention of tiling the walls and floors of Balintore Castle's kitchen wing. Sadly...
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Friday, 30 March 2018

Lyell's Boulder

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One of the greatest local luminaries is Sir Charles Lyell (1797 to 1875), who essentially established geology as an academic field of study...

Comte de Berteux

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My favourite Balintore Castle shooting tenant is the Comte de Berteux (1834-1913), who leased the building for a number of seasons.  I kno...
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Friday, 23 March 2018

Balintore's Victorian Spreadsheet

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Those of you who think the spreadsheet began around 1979 (in the era of VisiCalc) are urged to read on. Scans of historic Balintore Estate...
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Thursday, 22 March 2018

1963 Balintore Gamekeeper Terms and Conditions

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Forget your free gym membership, and free medical insurance: if you want the ultimate "terms and conditions" of employment, then m...
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Sunday, 18 February 2018

Princess Diana's Bike!

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Every week or so I check the website  https://www.the-saleroom.com to see what items are coming up in local auctions that could be useful fo...
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