An Image of St Andrews in 1845
St Andrews, North Street, Fishergate, Women and Children Baiting the Lines (c. 1845)The earliest surviving films of St Andrews from 1916. The photograph known as St. Andrews, North Street, Fishergate, Women and Children Baiting the Line depicts a group of fisherfolk, predominantly women and children, baiting fishing lines. Found today in the National Galleries Scotland, it was taken by the hugely influential photographers, David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, and is estimated to date from 1845. Yet, this image would be revisited and reworked throughout the...
Read MoreWilliam and Kate: The Digital Reconstruction of St Andrews
The tourist industry in St Andrews has changed significantly in the 21st century, now defined as much by Prince William’s four years at the University, as it is by the more traditional markers (Golf and the University). As the birthplace of Prince William and Catherine Middleton’s love story, faded cut-outs of the couple’s faces sit in souvenir shop windows, prospective students learn which halls the couple resided in, while a coffee shop pokes fun at this popular fascination with a sign that reads “Where Kate dumped Wills.” Given such international interest in the Royal family, it...
Read MoreFrom the Alps to St Andrews: Cedric Thorpe Davie and the production of Snowbound (1948)
While living on North Street and setting up the Department of Music, Cedric Thorpe Davie wrote the score for Gainsborough's espionage drama, Snowbound (1948).
Read MoreThe Filming of Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius in St Andrews
On Sunday 24th August 2003, filming began on the Old Course in St Andrews.
Read MoreInterview: David Puttnam on St Andrews
In March 2012, shortly before the re-release of Chariots of Fire which would coincide with the London Olympics, Producer David Puttnam returned to St Andrews and spoke to us about his memories of filming on the beach, 32 years earlier. Included here is audio of the discussion we had with him. First, Puttnam discussed how they came to shoot the film in St Andrews. Puttnam on finding St Andrews He further discussed the two days spent filming on the beach. Filming on West Sands The shoot took place against the jarring backdrop of international news events. The Iran hostage crisis Puttnam also...
Read MoreThe Family Films of Frances Hedges Montgomery
Frances Hedges Montgomery was elected Burgh Councillor of St Andrews in 1930. In the two years prior to her election, she made twelve short films. Six of these followed her family experiences in and around St Andrews.
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