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Displaying 211 - 220 of 613 itemsBiography: Andrew Archibald
… late James Robertson, asked a recently retired friend with commercial and financial experience to take on the job. … to Helensburgh and then Cove. On leaving school in1926 he was fortunate enough to find employment as an office … violin with the City of Glasgow Post Office Orchestra and visiting Germany for a Scout Jamboree. In the second World …
Biography: James Williams
… of the region and made it available to both the local community and academic interests nationally and … mark. He was involved in 30 editions, including the one currently being printed, and other publications of the … assistant. He recalls how James was equipped with a good knowledge of Mediaeval History and how he rapidly became …
Meeting: Between the Tides
… About eighty members and visitors gathered to hear a talk by marine biologist Jim … largest in Britain, thus providing a huge intertidal zone. Salinity can vary considerably, due to freshwater … such as crabs, which range from the large edible crab (complete with piecrust-like shell!), to the tiny pea crab, …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 21
… Dumfries Painter and Convict [Mention only] Author: Gladstone, H.S. 63 Nesting of Goosander and Willow Titmouse in … Dunskey Castle and Ardwell Motte Author: Not declared 226 Glenluce Abbey Author: Morton, A.S. 228 Dunskey Castle … Bombard Author: Appleby-Miller, R.N. 360 An Old Dumfries Commonplace Book Author: Shirley, E. 370 Rainfall Records …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 81
… Scotland Part 7: Pennygant by Andrew Breeze 61 Building Stone Sources for Whithorn Priory, Dundrennan Abbey and other … relating to Dumfries & Galloway 1699–1722 by Innes Macleod 77 The Ordeal of Patrick McMaster: A Galloway Merchant in … 1847–1852 by Innes MacLeod reviewed by James Williams 126 Obituaries Andrew Archibald 128 John Neilson 128 Alfred …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 82
… 51 Another Look at Bagimond by Alex Maxwell Findlater 59 Hoddom: A Mediaeval Estate in Annandale by Alex Maxwell … Nic Coombey 95 Sir Herbert Maxwell: Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of … from Leswalt, Wigtownshire by John Pickin 140 A Grooved Stone Tool from Wanlock head — Loom-weight or Prehistoric …
Biography: Emilius Laurie
… Dumfriesshire, on 3rd December 1917, aged 94. The 3rd Baronet, he inherited the title in 1871 on the death of his … Sir John Bayley (who had been President of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1844). He assumed the name Laurie on … a noted cricketer and was described by Arthur Haygarth, the compiler of Scores and Biographies, as 'a fine free hitter'. …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 52
… Link by Joanna Martin 23 Excavations at The Wren's Egg by Lionel Masters 28 Excavation of the Carlochan Round Cairn, … Tucker Proceedings 182 The Bronze Age Pottery from Dinwoodie Green, Annandale [Correction to Pottery Sizes in III/51/26] by M.J. Yates 184 Rules of the Society [Adopted 1977, …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 78
… Griffin, D. Skilling, R.T. Smith and J.G. Young 1 Including comparisons with the surveys of 1908, 1921, 1963, 1975 and … Griffin, D. Skilling, R.T. Smith and J.G. Young 13 Bog Bodies from Dumfries and Galloway by John Pickin 31 The Excavation of Multi-Period Remains adjacent to the Banked Enclosure of Warden’s …