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Displaying 31 - 40 of 2412 itemsMeeting: Two talks by members
… in November 1865 by John Jardine, born in 1807 at Spedlins Tower, Templand, the fourth son of the sixth Baronet of … Sir Alexander Jardine. In 1835, John Jardine took a commission with the 1st Regiment of Dragoons, marrying two … central hearths except for one house, which has two. The best-known site, Skara Brae, was buried by sand for …
… in the 18th and 19th Centuries , an aspect of his historical research in retirement, for which local newspapers … Such an intermix of people allowed courtships to take place: Robert Burns at the age of 16 fell in love with … of George III. John Mayne's poem, The Siller Gun , is his best. The competition in Dumfries is expertly captured …
… erudite and well-researched paper on Dr John Hutton and the Manse of Caerlaverock to Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society on Members' Night. Neale … manse where he discovered a stone in the garden wall, commemorating Hutton's construction of the manse of 1708, …
Biography: James Williams
… Industrial Chemist and Antiquarian Born 27 February 1944 at … of the region and made it available to both the local community and academic interests nationally and …
… Rev Dr Ann Shukman came to live in Scotland twelve years ago. As a member of St John’s Episcopal Church in Dumfries she began to question how the … had a son who became the heir to the British throne. The outcome of the so-called 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688–91 was …
… incident in our political life: the sacking of the editor of The Dumfries Standard in 1957 . This was the … the Rupert Murdoch empire in recent times look moderate by comparison. However, with dwindling newspaper circulations … was that Williamson was dismissed on 19th June 1957 and replaced by R. Fergusson. The idea that the MP had been …
Meeting: Overland to the Caucasus
… Jeremy Brock: Overland to the Caucasus Jeremy Brock, member and former president, … he was lucky enough to see the transhumance of sheep taking place along the Georgian Military Highway. On his arrival at … enigmatic country and to Jeremy's skill in describing the best of the country's historic features, bird and plant …
… and Glasgow University extra-mural lecturer, was invited to give the James Williams Memorial Lecture to Dumfriesshire … title and although it might not seem to have anything in common with Jimmy's interests, there is the common theme of … South America is wrong. It used to be thought to have taken place about 700 years ago: radiocarbon dating has proved …
… subject chosen by Jim Johnson, architect and former director of the Old Town Committee for conservation and renewal, … he learned to classify information according to a triad of place, work and folk. In the 1860s and 1870s he occupied a … He was always fond of pageants and his funeral was his best pageant ever. "By leaves we live … and we live not by …
… and guests of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society packed the Cumberland Street … plan for a railway through Dumfries was in pre-steam-locomotive 1809 when James Hollingworth surveyed a route south …