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Stewart McWatters
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Stewart McWatters (1817-1892) started professional photography after being a portrait artist. He used a portable greenhouse measuring 18ft by 8ft from 1858. In 1862 he produced thousands of cartes de visite at 2/6d for the first print and 10d for subsequent copies. In 1863 he built a large studio, The Glass House, which also contained a waiting room and a changing room. (Source: Love Collection)
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General Electric Co Ltd
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The General Electric Co is a diversified services, technology and manufacturing company. It was founded in the USA in 1892 when Thomas Edison (1847-1931), famous for inventing the electric light bulb in 1878, merged his Edison Electric Light Co with the Thompson-Houston Electric Co. The General Electric Co now operates in more than 100 countries and employs 340,000 people worldwide. The registered office of the Company in the UK is in London. The Company was incorporated in 1961 with the registration number 00680555.
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Falkirk : St Andrew's School
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St Andrew's Primary School was opened on 17 August 1959 and was sited in Meeks Road near the town centre. However, due to the expanding school roll and the age and condition of the school buildings, the new St Andrew's Primary School was built in Hawley Road and the children moved into the new building in November 1973. The new school was officially opened by Cardinal Gray in April 1974.
[Source: school website, accessed 6 April 2011; http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/education/school_information/primary_establishments/st_andrews.aspx ] |
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George Washington Wilson
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G W Wilson (1823-1893) was an early Scottish photographer, based in Aberdeen. His collection is held by Aberdeen University Archives
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Re-Chem International Ltd
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Re-chem International Ltd operated a Waste Processing Plant (an incinerator for toxic waste) at Roughmute from January 1975 until 1984. From the outset there were public complaints about the emissions from the chimney of the plant. Reports were submitted regularly to FDC Environmental Health Committee and the plant was inspected on by HM Industrial Pollution Inspectorate for Scotland. The plant was closed and de-registered by HMIPI in 1984.
Re-Chem International Ltd changed its name to Shanks Chemical Services Ltd in 1999. |
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West Lothian County Council
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West Lothian County Council was set up in 1889 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889 and abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1973. Part of the geographical area which had been in West Lothian was put into Falkirk District and Central Region - the landward area around the former Burgh of Boness which was also put into Falkirk District and Central Region. County councils were established by the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict., c. 50). County councils were made up of elected councillors and took over powers from the commissioners of supply, county road trusts, and local authorities set up under the Diseases of Animals' Acts. They also took over some administrative powers from the justices of the peace but not their licensing or judicial powers. The responsibilities of the commissioners of supply for police matters were transferred to standing joint committees made up of commissioners of supply and county councillors. Parochial boards who had been responsible for duties under the Public Health Acts had such powers transferred to district committees of county councils. The 1889 Act made it compulsory for county councils to appoint full time county medical officers of health and sanitary inspectors. Further reform of county councils came in the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. V, c. 25). The 1929 Act changed some of the functions of county councils and set up a system of district councils which had certain functions assigned to them by the county council. County councils were abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1973 (c. 65). The powers of county councils were transferred to regional councils and district councils.
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William Graham
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Scotsman, The
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Bothkennar Parish Council
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Bothkennar Parish Council was abolished in 1900 when the Grangemouth Parish Council was established.
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Falkirk Young Men's Christian Association
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The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), founded in 1844, is an international network of non-sectarian organisations that provide athletic, recreational, cultural and educational services to their members. The YMCA today has grown into an international organisation, operating in over 100 countries worldwide. The Falkirk Branch was founded in 1854. Minutes taken of the first meeting state that the objective of the Association is, "the Religious, and moral improvement of the young men of Falkirk." In Scotland, YMCA Scotland is the collective body of all YMCA local associations. The work of the YMCA is carried out through local YMCA's and national programmes.
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Scottish Co-Operative Wholesale Society Ltd
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The SCWS was formed in 1868 and merged with the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) in 1973, known as the Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd since 2001.
Locally, SCWS ran Grangemouth Soap Works which was the largest soap works in Scotland. Grangemouth Soapworks was set up in 1897, making hard and soft soaps, toilet soaps and glycerine. The factory was founded by SCWS because Leverhulme would not supply the Co-op with soap if a dividend were paid on it. Grangemouth was chosen as the site because of proximity to port and rail facilities, especially imports at Tallour from New Zealand and foreign oils, such as coconut oils. (source: verbal, donor of P14165) The factory was closed in 1964 (source : Porteous) Cooperatives began in 18th century Britain when members pooled their income to buy materials and food. The earliest record date from March 14 1761, when a group of weavers in Fenwick, Ayrshire, made a secret agreement to work together. The organised Co-operative movement traces its root to 1844, when mill workers in north-west England set up the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society and devised eight principles of cooperation: open membership; democratic control; distributing profits to members in proportion to their spending; paying small amounts of interest on capital; political and religious neutrality; cash trading, no credit; promotion of education; and quality goods and services. |
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Denny & Dunipace Town Council. Burgh Chamberlain
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The Burgh Chamberlain was responsible for the financial accounts of Denny & Dunipace Town Council. The post ceased to exist in 1975 when Denny & Dunipace Town Council was abolished and the functions were transferred to the Director of Finance of Falkirk District Council.
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Stewart, Duncan (Bonnybridge) Ltd.
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Falkirk Council
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Falkirk Council was created as a unitary authority in 1996 under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994. Its geographical boundaries were identical to those of its predecessor, Falkirk District Council.
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Falkirk Council. Community Education
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Grangemouth Town Council
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Grangemouth became a Police Burgh in 1872 with a seal in 1888 and the Coat of Arms matriculated in 1930. Grangemouth Town Council was abolished in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c.65). Its powers were transferred to Central Regional Council and Falkirk District Council. These in turn were replaced by the unitary authority Falkirk Council in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39).
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James Craig Brown
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Scottish former professional football player and manager.
After his playing career with Rangers, Dundee and Falkirk was curtailed by a series of knee injuries, Brown entered management with Clyde in 1977. Brown then coached various Scotland youth teams until he was appointed Scotland manager in 1993. He held this position until 2001, the longest tenure for a Scotland manager, and they qualified for the UEFA Euro 1996 and 1998 FIFA World Cup tournaments. Brown later managed Preston North End, Motherwell and Aberdeen. He retired from management in 2013 and was appointed a non-executive director of Aberdeen. Brown was awarded the CBE in 1999 for services to football. |
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Falkirk Town Council
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Falkirk Town Council was established in 1833 following the Burgh Reform Act of 1833 which created parliamentary burghs and gave the new parliamentary burghs the right to elect town councils and to elect a member of parliament. The Falkirk Police and Improvement Act, 1859 abolished the Stentmasters and transferred all their powers to the Town Council, turning the parliamentary burgh into a police burgh. The Town Council was abolished in 1974 following the Local Government (Scotland) etc Act, 1973, and its powers transferred to Falkirk District Council
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Bo'ness Town Council
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Bo'ness Town Council was set up in 1903 under the Town Council (Scotland) Act which provided for the incorporation of burghs and the establishment of elected Town Councils where these did not already exist. It was abolished following the 1973 Local Government (Scotland) Act.
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Falkirk Town Council. Burgh Chamberlain
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The Burgh Chamberlain was responsible for the financial accounts of Falkirk Town Council and its predecessors. The post ceased to exist in 1975 when Falkirk Town Council was abolished and the functions were transferred to the Director of Finance of Falkirk District.
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