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James Waddell
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Clerk to Eastern No 2 District Council, c 1930-1975 and Eastern No 3 District Council, 1960-1975. Continued in employment with Falkirk District Council after local government re-organisation in 1975 and continued to be based at Brightons Area Office until c. 1977
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Civil Defence School Taymouth Castle
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From 1949 to 1968, the Civil Defence Corps Training School was at Taymouth Castle in Scotland. In a joint announcement by the Home Office and the Scottish Office, it was declared that Taymouth Castle was to be used as one of three training centres in Scotland, which would teach instructors in how to train a volunteer force in times of national emergency, such as a nuclear attack. the Corps was eventually disbanded in 1968, after a change of thinking in how to deal with nuclear attacks. From 1968, it became one of the designated locations for plan PYTHON, the plan for continuity of government in the event of nuclear war.
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Bo'ness Town Council. Town Clerk
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The office of Town Clerk in Bo'ness pre-dates the establishment of Bo'ness Town Council. The Harbour & Town Trustees and the Police & Burgh Commissioners employed local solicitors as clerks and the office of Town Clerk evolved out of these appointments. The Town Clerk kept the minutes, correspondence and other administrative records of the local authorities and acted as their legal adviser. The post ceased to exist with the abolition of Bo'ness Town Council in 1975 and the functions were mainly transferred to the Chief Executive or to the Director of Law & Administration of Falkirk District Council.
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Post Office Savings Bank
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David A Tait
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David Alexander Tait was born on 16 December 1879 and articled to George Deas Page of Falkirk in June 1897, remaining with him as an assistant from 1902 until 1903. During his time with Page he attended Falkirk School of Science and Art and the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. In 1903 he commenced practice on his own account in Grangemouth, entering into partnership with a slightly younger apprentice at Page's, Henry Wilson, the firm being named Wilson & Tait. He was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911 without proposers, his nomination being supported by a character reference from the chairman of Grangemouth Public School Board. He appeared in 'Who's who in architecture' in 1914 but not in 1923.
Wilson & Tait appear to have briefly had an office in Edinburgh at 122 George Street from about 1913-15. Presumably this was to to enable them to undertake a particular job in the city but this has not yet been traced. They also had a branch office in Jedburgh in the mid-1930s, presumably to oversee projects there. Tait retired in 1937. In the same year Henry Wilson merged his practice with that of Strang & Wilson, James Strang also having retired in that year, the combined practice of Wilson & Wilson being now based in Strang's office at 39 Vicar Street, Falkirk. [Source: Dictionary of Scottish Architects, accessed 22 Nov 2012 http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/ ] |
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Post Office
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The Pie Office
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Teind Office
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The Teind Office was responsible for valuation of lands in a parish and allocation of teinds (tithes) to heritors.
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Bonnybridge Post Office
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General Post Office
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Wooer Street Loan Office
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Post Office Engineering Union
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Hippolyte Jean Blanc
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Hippolyte Blanc (1844-1917) was the architect for Bo'ness Hippodrome. He was employed in the Government Office of Works from 1864-1878 and then went into private practice, in partnership with James Gordon. (Source: Dictionary of Scottish Architects). He died at Strathearn Place, Edinburgh. (Source GROS)
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Laurieston Post Office
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Home Office
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Scottishe Office
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Shieldhill Post Office & Mini Market
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Board of Trade:Mercantile Marine Office Grangemouth
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Privy Council Office
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Central Regional Council. Press/Public Relations Office
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