From his childhood to his military career and his family life beyond, Harry Birrell captured it all
When Harry Birrell bought his first home in the 1950s, he wanted a place where his family could watch the footage he had accumulated over the decades. Films of his time in London as a young man; an officer in Assam during the Second World War; and a father and husband in Scotland. So, when he and his wife, Joan, bought their house in Giffnock, Glasgow, Harry built a cinema, knocking two upstairs bedrooms together and installing a projector in front of a 25-person seating gallery.
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