Lighting the Past completes the Shewan Collection
Of all the collections to be catalogued by the Phase 1 team, the Shewan Collection will probably be the only one where every item has passed through my hands as […]
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Day 312. Flying fish and salt horse: a seafaring tale
7th June 1860:
Thursday 7th. Double reefed the…
Day 311. Flying fish and salt horse: a seafaring tale
6th June 1860:Wednesday 6th. Came on to blow pretty stiff from the Westward. Single reefed the three Topsails. Raining all day.
Day 310. Flying fish and salt horse: a seafaring tale
5th June 1860:
Tuesday 5th. Washed decks. Stowed Jibs…
Main Library and Martyrs not open until 11am 6-7th June
This weekend, 6-7th June, the Main Library and Martyrs will open slightly later, 11am rather than 10am. The later opening will only affect this weekend. Main Library: 1100 – 1900 Thomson Reading Room in Martyrs: 1100 –…
Reading the Collections, Week 18: Student Reminiscences
I have been reading through two box files of memories of student life at St Andrews collected by Professor Peter Redford Scott Lang in the 1920s for this week’s post. […]
More power in the Main Library: electrical works beginning June 8th
Works will begin on Monday 8th June to install power sockets to around 150 study spaces across levels 3 and 4 currently without power. Plug sockets and USB ports, shown in the above photo, will be installed. In order…
Day 308. Flying fish and salt horse: a seafaring tale
3rd June 1860:
Sunday 3rd. 8 AM Set F. And Mizn T.G.…