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Parker’s Way

Daily Express — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

ONE of my favourite countryside corners is Mary’s Wood.

I Shall Arise from the Dead

Daily Express — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

One of my favourite poems is Elegy in a Country Churchyard, by Thomas Gray (1716-71).

Parker's Way

Daily Express — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

September heralds the dark season’s arrival in the countryside.

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Daily Express — Wed, 30 May 2012 08:13:00 GMT

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PARKER’S WAY: In those days kids worked in the mines

Daily Express — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

DURING the 19th century, it was legal for children to be employed in coal mines.

Parker’s Way

Daily Express — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

WHILE working as a countryside ranger, I cycled to Muirshiel country park, 800 feet above sea level in the Lochwinnoch hills.

PARKER’s WAY: The White Cart is river of romance

Daily Express — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

ONE of my favourite composers is Austrian-born Johann Strauss the Younger.

PARKER’S WAY: Fond farewell to Captain Lawrie

Daily Express — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

I WAS saddened to hear of the passing of Captain Murray Lawrie, of the 1st Lochwinnoch Boys’ Brigade.

PARKER’S WAY: Minister’s tragic story

Daily Express — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

THE inscrutable role of irreversible fate in human destiny is enshrined in the haunting lines of the 12th century Persian poem, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

PARKER’S WAY: History of the Braes

Daily Express — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

ONE of the most iconic landmarks on the Gleniffer Braes is Hall of Caldwell crossroads between Paisley and Lugton.

PARKER’S WAY: The glory of Merchiston House

Daily Express — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

THE highly-acclaimed Downton Abbey TV programme portrays life upstairs and downstairs in Britain’s great country houses during the early 20th century.

Parker’s Way by Derek Parker

Daily Express — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

ONE of my most treasured personal possessions is an autographed photograph sent by a young Paisley seaman to his twin sister just before he died during the Second World War.

PARKER’S WAY: Paisley’s exotic plants

Daily Express — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

A COMBINATION of wet and sunny weather made this a wonderful year for one of the Paisley area’s most exotic plant families.

Parker's Way: Pretty Church is a Picture

Daily Express — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT

ONE of Renfrewshire’s prettiest churches is St Mary the Virgin, in its idyllic setting outside Bridge of Weir.

PARKER'S WAY: Ghostly goings on in the woods

Daily Express — Sun, 29 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT

THE mouldering ruins of medieval Duchal Castle are rocky reminders of turbulent times of violence, bloodshed and family feuds.

Parker's Way: Kilnside House was the crown of all crowns

Daily Express — Sun, 22 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT

FOR 150 years, elegant Kilnside House was a diadem in the crown of Paisley’s architectural heritage.

Parker’s Way: Castle’s dark past unearthed

Daily Express — Sun, 15 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT

COUNTRY folk conversant with Gryffe Castle’s dark past feared the worst when Major Harold Glen-Coats purchased the historic mansion in 1931.

PARKER’S WAY: Iconic sailing ship commemorated Houston reverend’s son

Daily Express — Sun, 08 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT

OLDER Buddies will remember the iconic wooden black-and-white sailing ship that was moored at Broomielaw Quay in Glasgow.

Parker’s Way: Woodside Disaster

Daily Express — Sun, 01 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT

IF Paisley man John Sydney Farrow was alive today, he’d be in his 80s and watching his great-grandchildren grow up.

PARKER’S WAY: Check out this horticultural haven

Daily Express — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:00:00 GMT

FINLAYSTONE country estate, which lies just a few miles from Paisley town centre, is a horticultural heaven.