Comments for Echoes from the Vault

I know how he felt. In 1969, my final paper of nine in Honours English was Classical Background to English. In my final question I couldn’t be sure which Greek tragedian I was writing about,so ...

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Hi, I am trying to compare two prints by George Cruikshank c.1824 and am informed that one is a reproduction of the other. Unfortunately this thread does not allow me to add the images but if the...

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This looks like such an interesting workshop! I'm so envious! I make a lot of cradles also for exhibits where I work. I wondered if there was any chance you could share the handouts. I understand...

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The Notarial marks interest me. Are they unique to each notary and can a notary have more than one mark? Thanks

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In reply to Ernst-Friedrich Harmsen. Dear Ernst-Friedrich,...

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In following the friendship between J.P.Mayer and Tet Arnold von Borsig from Berlin, after August 1934 in Florence, then from 1939 in New York, I would like to know about the role of J.P.Mayer af...

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In reply to Michael Armstrong. Hi Mike, thanks for your comment...

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Hi does anyone know of the name and whereabouts the tobacco/ tobacconist shop was in the town at all? And the name of it please?! Between early 1970s

https://special-collections.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2021/03/19/shopfronts-in-st-andrews/#comment-40718

Fascinating to see plans of our house on the website ("The Hermitage" is now "Kintore"). How would we best set about trying to find out who lived here since the house was built (in 1893)? Mike Ar...

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My ancestors - a mother and child - were cutting flax in a field near Ceres in Fife in 1786 - when they were amazed to see Vincenz Lunardi decend from the sky in his hot air balloon. My grandfath...

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