Dr Agnes Blackadder was a Scottish medical doctor born on December 4th 1875 in Dundee. The daughter of Robert Blackadder, a Dundee based architect and engineer, she spent most of her childhood in Dundee, living in West Ferry and attending the High…
Margaret Fairlie (1891-1963) was born on West Balmirmer Farm, Angus. She studied medicine at the University of St Andrews and University College Dundee, graduating in 1915. Dr Fairlie began working at Dundee Royal Infirmary and teaching in the…
Sphagnum moss is the collective term for numerous different species of peat moss which carpet marches, heaths, and moors around the world. Sphagnum moss has been used for at least 1,000 years to help heal wounds, although it was during the First…
Due to the Old Course having a large, flat, coastal location, it was an attractive staging ground for an airborne assault. To counter against this, mounds and trenches were dug along the fairways to prevent planes and gliders from landing safely. …
Vice-Admiral Robert Fitzroy was born on the 5th of July 1805 near Bury St Edmunds, South-East England. FitzRoy joined the Royal Naval Academy at 12 years old and commissioned as an officer a year later. In 1826, he was appointed meteorologist aboard…
General Władysław Sikorski was the Polish prime minister in exile and commander-in-chief of its armed forces during WW2.
Sikorski led the reorganisation of Polish forces after the fall of France and oversaw the construction of costal defences…
