It is unlikely that you have ever heard of Mrs Jane Clark. This was the fate of many of the women who made major contributions during World War I. Mrs Clark was Edinburgh born and bred. She went to St …
This week the Muriel and Jasper Blog gives you a flavour of what a radio chat show would have been like in 1959, with original news from November 1959 given the Wylie spin! As you can see Jasper is looking …
It is 1763 and you have been invited to attend a concert at St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s famous, newly-built concert hall. You have the perfect outfit. Your accessories (including a beautiful fan) are all of the latest style. You have …
The Muriel & Jasper blog was begun as an experiment to see if we could engage those who would not normally read a “history blog”. We have covered many topics of the 1950s, and there will always be a nugget …