Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
I've updated my personal photography blog with an entry called The Journey:
http://imagesrm.com/2013/10/29/the-journey/
"Some of my clearest childhood memories are train journeys. It was a rare thing, as most working class people travelled less often in those days – the 1960s – and for our family it was a major event involving great organisation, planning, and general fussing and yelling from parents. I was born in Dundee, Scotland, but for a few years I attended Primary School in Manchester, England. The train journey I remember most was the return to Dundee when work for my father had dried up. There was a feeling of returning for good…I had forgotten what Dundee looked like, and although I was told we were “going home”, I had no idea what was in store. The journey home is still in progress…"
Many of you will have seen the images before...
http://imagesrm.com/2013/10/29/the-journey/
"Some of my clearest childhood memories are train journeys. It was a rare thing, as most working class people travelled less often in those days – the 1960s – and for our family it was a major event involving great organisation, planning, and general fussing and yelling from parents. I was born in Dundee, Scotland, but for a few years I attended Primary School in Manchester, England. The train journey I remember most was the return to Dundee when work for my father had dried up. There was a feeling of returning for good…I had forgotten what Dundee looked like, and although I was told we were “going home”, I had no idea what was in store. The journey home is still in progress…"
Many of you will have seen the images before...