Projects

[1054] Drawings of scotland

This wonderful set of drawings has been licensed to Scran by architect and illustrator Iain Watt.  Originally created as a series of Christmas cards over the course of nearly 30 years, they depict Iain's travels around Scotland, often in his boat, and feature landmarks including Castle Stalker, Colonsay and Iona.

Keywords: drawing, drawings, Christmas, cards

Location of Project Material: All over Scotland

[1053] Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham CBE was born in St. Andrew's in Fife in 1912.  After graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 1937, she moved to St. Ives in Cornwall where she became a member of the St. Ives Society of Artists, alongside Barbara Hepworth, Naum Gabo, Ben Nicholson and others.  Many of her artworks were representational, though she was also renowned for her abstract works.  

The Barns-Graham Charitable Trust, established after her death in 2004, have kindly licensed copies of some of her works, as well as sketches, and photographs of the artist, to Scran.

Keywords: art, Cornwall, St. Ives, Fife, painting, abstract

Location of Project Material: Outside Scotland, Fife

[1052] Coal Stories

Oral histories and related collections about coal mining from across Scotland.

Contributing partners: National Mining Museum Scotland, East Lothian Museums Service, the Scottish Life Archive at National Museums Scotland.

Keywords: coal mining, oral history

Location of Project Material: All over Scotland

[1051] Qatar

Pictures from recent trips to Qatar undertaken by Cairns Aitken.  Prof. Aitken, the photographer and contributor of the project, was an academic physician/psychiatrist in Rehabilitation Medicine, becoming Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and retiring as Vice-Principal at the University of Edinburgh in 1994. He was born in Dunoon, Argyll in 1933. He has had a life-long interest in photography, and in completing projects. He was awarded the CBE in 1998 for his contribution to the Health Services.

Keywords: Qatar, desert, Arab, Arabia, Middle East

Location of Project Material: Outside Scotland

[1050] Bathgate Once More: The Story of the BMC/Leyland Truck and Tractor Plant, 1961-86

This collection of oral histories, photographs and documents is the result of an 18 month social history education project to research, record and preserve the story of the Bathgate BMC/Leyland Truck and Tractor plant in West Lothian, from the point of view of the people who worked in the industry. Many of the project activities took place during 2011 - the 50th anniversary of the opening of the plant and the 25th anniversary of its closure. More than 200 people have contributed to the project, including 59 former workers who have shared their personal, first-hand knowledge and experiences of the plant through taking part in oral history interviews. 

Bathgate Once More was led by the Workers Educational Association Scotland in partnership with the Bennie Museum, the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, Simpson Primary School, the STUC Archives, West Lothian Local History Library and West Lothian Trades Council. Material gathered as part of the project will be preserved in the West Lothian Local History Library for future generations to learn from and enjoy.

Keywords: industrial heritage, oral history, trades unions

Location of Project Material: Lothian

[1049] Diamond Jubilee

Pictures of the recent Diamond Jubilee celebrations, taken at a street party in Murrayfield, Edinburgh. See colourful depictions of the festivities surrounding the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's accession to the throne.  Cairns Aitken, the photographer and contributor of the project, was an academic physician/psychiatrist in Rehabilitation Medicine, becoming Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and retiring as Vice-Principal at the University of Edinburgh in 1994. He was born in Dunoon, Argyll in 1933. He has had a life-long interest in photography, and in completing projects. He was awarded the CBE in 1998 for his contribution to the Health Services.

Keywords: Queen, diamond, jubilee, 60th, royalty, monarchy, royal, family, Elizabeth, Edinburgh, party

Location of Project Material: Central Scotland