Falkirk High St and Steeple after lightning damage

Maker
Telfer Drummond
Production date
Jun 1927
 Description
People in foreground, the Steeple in the background.

This photo is not scanned. You can see the original in the Archives in Callendar House

Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Drummond, Telfer, Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Jun 1927
Subject place
Steeple/High St/Falkirk town centre/Falkirk area
High St/Falkirk town centre/Falkirk area
Subject notes
Lightning struck the Steeple in June 1927, badly damaging it. Casualties were Barr's delivery horse which was struck by falling masonry and Isabella Barr who lived beside the Steeple and whose leg was broken. The Steeple was built of stone from Brightons Quarry and was completed in June 1814.
Accession number
P11458

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