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Displaying 41 - 50 of 4112 itemsMeeting: European Drove Roads
… Cumberland Street Centre was packed for the first DGNHAS meeting of … middle of November. Nowadays two standing ox horns whose points meet in the air signify a drove road, which might … are driven but sheep and the usual black cattle wander free for four months. A shepherd is paid by breeders to stay …
… political life: the sacking of the editor of The Dumfries Standard in 1957 . This was the arresting and surprising title … the Rupert Murdoch empire in recent times look moderate by comparison. However, with dwindling newspaper circulations … in the 1930s had been caused by a split in the party over Free Trade. A new party, known as the Liberal Nationals and …
Meeting: Munich after Eighty Years
… On the annual Members' Night, David Dutton, one of the Society's Vice Presidents, gave a lively and thought-provoking talk on the Munich Crisis of September … again to the open delight of the members of the House of Commons, where he received the message, and the approval of …
… The Whim. pots, pans and people: the development of Scotland's industrial … and illustrates the strong link between potters and freemasons. Shipowners were looking around for a type of …
Wood Pigot place list: Wood Places, Kirkcudbright, 1843
… plan of Borough - adjacent to Churchyard Bank of Scotland (High Street) Note: North side of High Street Bar Hill … Gardens Note: Next to Curling Club Dam and road to Tongland Com[mercia]l Inn (St Mary's Street) Note: West side of St … Quay and the Road to Gatehouse on west bank of River Dee Free Church Note: East side of Tongland road Gardens …
Meeting: Overland to the Caucasus
… Jeremy Brock: Overland to the Caucasus Jeremy Brock, member and former … those elusive birds. However, Jeremy did manage to see the Common Rosefinch; Black Redstart; Red fronted Serin; …
… On 1 December 2017, 59 Fellows, Members and guests of the Society heard a fascinating James Williams … good quality materials in a striking and architecturally accomplished Neo-Georgian style, to house 640 men. They did …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series II, Volume 17
… The Parish of Luce [Hoddom] Author: Irving, G. 5 The Vertebrates … Author: Council, The 32 The Meteorology of 1900 Author: Andson, W. 33 The Effects of Weather on Health, 1900 Author: … Scott-Elliot, G. F. 257 The Assassination of the Red Comyn Author: Chinnock, E.J. 263 The Weather of 1902 Author: …
Biography: William George Gibson
… THE LATE MR W.G.GIBSON Mr WILLIAM GEORGE GIBSON, a Dumfriesian well known in connection with scientific and antiquarian pursuits, and for his activity in seeking to … entitled "A Medical Sketch of Dumfriesshire," and he accompanied Captain Scoresby on an Arctic expedition in which …