tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8316437260668122878.post4787511983811062365..comments2023-12-18T09:58:17.070+00:00Comments on Thoughts of a Depressive Diplomatist: Sassoon at CraiglockhartDiplomatisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04154642903216207181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8316437260668122878.post-89845633232491918092014-06-24T07:54:14.441+01:002014-06-24T07:54:14.441+01:00Thanks for the comment (however late!).
It's ...Thanks for the comment (however late!).<br /><br />It's great (and a little weird too) to get those moments of connection with history and place.Diplomatisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04154642903216207181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8316437260668122878.post-17863240014510989522014-06-24T07:08:29.204+01:002014-06-24T07:08:29.204+01:00Sorry - this is a terribly late comment - I missed...Sorry - this is a terribly late comment - I missed this (excellent) post at the time. Quick tale of Craiglockhart Hospital (which later became part of Moray House teachers' training college and is now part of the Heriot Watt University campus) - in 1984, I lived in Morningside, Edinburgh, and for a few weeks I was off work, recovering from an operation. The weather was good, so I spent a fair amount of time sitting in the garden, and I read Sassoon's trilogy. I hadn't realised that there was an Edinburgh connection in the books, and one afternoon I found myself sitting reading about him cycling to visit his friend at Blackford Observatory, going along the Greenbank Drive, and I realised that he must have cycled within (literally) about 50 feet of where i was sitting reading about it. I had a strong feeling I should pop around the corner to see if I could spot him!<br /><br />Great books - horrifying too, but enriching.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.com