by Mark Samuelson | Jan 8, 2023 | St Andrews, St Mary's
2023 is upon us – so what to expect.. Wise William, a well known Brit futurologist from across the pond, recently sent me an interesting End of Year round robin which got me thinking. At the end of last year, 2021, he wrote: Technology, the virus, political and...
by Mark Samuelson | Nov 17, 2022 | St Mary's, St Andrews, Virtual Pilgrimage
Teesdale Riverside Pilgrimage History of the route The Premonstratensian Monastic Order at Egglestone Abbey 1198-1540 When looking back to consider medieval monastic history Egglestone Abbey it is important to remember that the Abbot and his monks provided a...
by Mark Samuelson | Apr 24, 2022 | St Andrews, Winston Bridge
Winston Bridge – A History As part of our website we are celebrating fantastic local history and bringing to life the history of the area, and joining it with the present. Mark Samuelson, formerly of the History Channel, has written a series of articles...
by Mark Samuelson | Apr 24, 2022 | St Andrews, Winston Bridge
An empty Winston Church Hill? Observe, carefully, the changes brought by passage of time within this sublime northerly view up from the Tees. Atop the hill one can see, in faint outline, the late Georgian rectory with its hanging gardens and the isolated hill top low...
by Mark Samuelson | Apr 24, 2022 | St Andrews, Winston Bridge
A tribute to the Spitfire As part of our website we are celebrating fantastic local history and bringing to life the past of the area, and joining it with the present. Ask anyone with a modicum of historical nous as to which iconic British aircraft was behind...
