Thomas Graham’s Diary – 15th August 1939
A short entry from Thomas focuses on the increasing European tensions as war draws closer. Thomas remarks that the current position in Europe is a ‘wearisome thing’ and that there […]
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Thomas Graham’s Diary – 8th August 1939
Graham focuses again on his personal experience of war from conflicts past, and shares a conversation he has had recently in which mental health is discussed and the idea of […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 6th August 1939
This entry discusses the mobilisation of millions of German troops near the Polish border, and Thomas’s pessimism regarding the outlook of events. By the end of the month, Hitler had […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 4th August 1939
Graham’s August entries open with a short one, which gets straight to the point. On the anniversary of Britain’s entry into World War One, only 25 years previously, Graham conveys […]
The Clay Toll
If you have been out exploring the ground at the King’s Knot in Stirling, there is a good chance you would have passed the site of an old Stirling landmark: […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 27th July 1939
This entry focuses primarily on Hermann Rauschning, the author of Graham’s latest read which warns of the dangers posed by Hitler and the Nazi party. Rauschning (1887-1982) was a German […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 25th July 1939
Graham continues in the personal vein of the previous entry, where in amongst his observations and updates on current affairs, he takes time to reflect and becomes philosophical. The pretty, […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 14th July 1939
This entry is quite different from those that we have focused on so far from Graham, with regards to the discussion being dominated by his own personal account of what […]
Strathendrick Golf Club records
July’s document of the month highlights the creation and opening of a new golf club in Drymen, in 1901. This is an interesting collection of records, as it provides a […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 18th June 1939
This entry refers initially to Japan and what happened on the 14th of June and came to be known as the Tientsin Incident. This was an international incident when the […]