Richard Grosse
Richard Grosse was born in London and qualified as a solicitor. Having practiced in Cambridge, he remained to train as a priest in the Anglican Church. He served parishes in North Yorkshire, County Durham, and Lincolnshire before coming to Aberfoyle in 2004. He retired in 2020 and now lives at Buchlyvie.
A certain church at Bedford in England, boasts an exquisite medieval stone font, that survives with a tale. During the nineteenth century, as was common…
By the late 19th century, a number of slate workers formerly employed at the Ballachulish slate quarry had migrated to Aberfoyle. Here, the quarry village…
It is 1932, and nearly fourteen years have passed since Royal Flying Corps aeroplanes last took off from the grass runways of Raploch Aerodrome at…
The year is July 1916 and at this point, the history of flying in this area contrived to turn full circle. In 1507, James IV’s…
On the 30th of January 1911, Harold Barnwell had taken off from a farm at Blairdrummond with an aeroplane he constructed himself. He flew to…
Some more information on Stirling and its associations with flight