Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

[Sgurr]

Whoops Can't delete. I think NOT James Ewart, buried in No 2 cemetery at The Somme.

[rohan]

Whoops Can't delete. I think NOT James Ewart, buried in No 2 cemetery at The Somme.

You think right, it is NOT James Ewart but is a person. Excuse my ignorance but who was James Ewart? I am slightly addicted to this quiz as you learn so much along the way. Unfortunately how long I retain it is another matter!

[Sgurr]

Whoops Can't delete. I think NOT James Ewart, buried in No 2 cemetery at The Somme.

You think right, it is NOT James Ewart but is a person. Excuse my ignorance but who was James Ewart? I am slightly addicted to this quiz as you learn so much along the way. Unfortunately how long I retain it is another matter!

James Ewart is the only Scottish JE who was listed in that cemetery. He was in the Scottish Borderers, and there is also one in the Edinburgh Uni roll of honor (don't know if the same), who was a medic. Might have avoided death if he had joined the RAMC like my father. The only bit about WW1 he would tell us was that he was researching a cure for trench fever and an antidote to mustard gas, and the Queen of the Belgiums once gave him a box of cigars for also looking after Belgian orphans in an orphanage for soldiers.
That is all I know about James Ewart.

[rohan]

Your father sounds interesting. My JE was born after WW1.

[Sgurr]

Small clue?

[rohan]

Small clue?

The question was inspired by Sgurr's recent numerical puzzler. One of the (wrong) answers to her contained part of the answer to this one.

[rohan]

Another clue, JE had a base in the west of Scotland as well as the east but the work produced in each place was very different in character.

[rohan]

Still no guesses? JE became famous for seascapes and what was once known as urchins but the latter were very much the land based variety .

[Sgurr]

Joan Eardley?

[rohan]

Joan Eardley?

Congratulations. Joan Eardley (1921-1963) lived at No 1 South Row, Catterline. In 2017 there was an exhibition ("A Sense of Place") of her work at Modern 2 in Edinburgh. Charles mentioned Modern 2 in his answer to your numeric question, Sgurr.

The current resident of No 1 was perturbed to hear that there were plans afoot to put up a blue plaque commemorating Joan Eardley and was vocal in his opposition. As a joke, the good folk of Catterline made a mock one featuring his dog. It was put up whilst he was away one time but I noticed the other day that it had disappeared from the wall. Despite his resistance (due to invasion of privacy mainly) Catterline folk are proud of their famous former resident and the Watchie (her studio) is still used as an artist studio by a (very good) local artist. My home was one of her subjects but I could never afford to own an Eardley!

[Sgurr]

Should have got it ages ago. Have been transfixed by her work in the SNG of Modern Art.

Many (unspecified) years ago PB was associated with BC.

[rohan]

My cat is called BC and my sister in law who loves cats is PB but I definitely know that is not the answer!

[Sgurr]

Not Black Cat, that would not be nearly imaginative enough.

[rohan]

My B does not stand for black. I inherited him from a 96 yr old who had a rather more colourful name for him probably as a result of tripping over him or having to get up and down to let him out/in. All irrelevant to your poser of course.

[Sgurr]

Not "Bryan" either then. A (then) 86 year old lady used to walk a westie round the block here, and he would always be kitted out in a tartan jacket which made her walks very long in summer as all the tourists wanted photos of him. One day she told me "Don't think that I would ever call a dog Bryan....I got him from an old lady who went into a home." Now, since Bryan pre-deceased her, she walks round with a walker in which she keeps doggie treats for her many canine friends.

Below, a facsimile of Bryan