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Displaying 101 - 110 of 1885 itemsWood Pigot place list: Wood Places, Stranraer, 1843
… The modern location of the place is given in parentheses. Academy Note: East side of the extension … Roadway running parallel to shore on west side of map. Commercial Hotel (George Street) Note: South side. Nat. Library copy has MS. Annotation 'Commercial Hotel' Court House (Church Street) Note: West …
News: ‘Dinna Forget – Memoirs of the Kirkcudbright District and Beyond by John McKie RN (1821-1915)’
… a millwright and then as a mechanical engineer in Dundee, Liverpool, Manchester and Crewe. But his ambition was to join the Royal Navy as a marine engineer at a time when the navy’s ships were … he retired in the early 1870s and became involved in local community initiatives, in particular the establishment of …
… industrial scale. At the end of the war, there was a prevailing view that there was no need to continue munitions production … were not perfect timekeepers and that factory managers complained that some were unaware of the value of the …
… Julia Gallagher, RSPB conservation officer in Dumfries and Galloway for approaching six … Listening for the call is the first objective. As light comes up the red brows are visible. It is a beautiful bird. … 20 birds. In 2016 numbers jumped up to 44 and the bird is coming back to the New Abbey area. Tree-felling has helped …
… was Tom Bowser, from Argaty farm in Stirlingshire, who gave a talk entitled ‘A Skyfull of Kites’, which was accompanied by some excellemt wildlife images. Tom started by … of the red kite in Britain: in the middle ages it was common, even in towns, and was regarded favourably as it …
… the subject of Hon. Professor James Floyd of Heriot-Watt University when he addressed a large audience of Dumfriesshire … which is older than the building and must therefore have come from some earlier building. This is termed an ‘orphan’ … shows St Cuthbert with St Oswald's head on his lap. The welcome sign at Dalbeattie incorporates charges from the arms …
… by explaining that these familiar buildings are what gives the town its character but they have had little … at ground level and above this would have been family accommodation. This might have been for the manager and his … Dickens’ “Hard Times”, where of Mrs Sparsit watched the comings and goings on the street below and kept house for Mr …
Biography: Patrick Crichton
… and after graduating in P.P.E., he joined the Royal Navy, serving on a destroyer in the Atlantic, and then as a … of Guinness Overseas Ltd., and remained with this company for eleven years. Early retirement brought him to … but soon afterwards he accepted the invitation to become Comptroller at Mount Stuart for the Marquis of Bute. …
Meeting: Policing Dumfries and Galloway
… in by Storm Erik. Members and guests were treated to a comprehensive guide to the history of policing across Dumfries and … across the region at various times, ultimately becoming part of Police Scotland in 2013. Dumfries Burgh …
Meeting: The Mountain Plants of Scotland
… . In a wide-ranging presentation, Carole described the various mountain plants — or 'Alpines' — growing in … of Ben Lawers, including the dwarf juniper, ( Juniperus communis nana )and the Alpine snowbell ( Soldanella alpina ) … tall. New species have been added to the Scottish flora comparatively recently, for example a relict population of …