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Ross Chemical
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Union Chemical Co Ltd was formed in 1924 by Robert Ross and run from his home "Kinneil House" in Camelon while he was also Works Manager of Scottish Tar Distillers. Robert Ross died in 1943 and his son, Alexander J Ross re-started the business in 1946. It was legally bought out by a new Group company, Alexander Ross Holdings Ltd in 1987
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Camelon Junior Secondary School
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Camelon Public School was opened on 11 March 1876. By the 1930s pupils of secondary age were attending the Advanced Division of the school and in June 1960 the primary department was closed and the school became a Junior Secondary School. The primary pupils transferred to Bantaskin School in 1958 and to Carmuirs and Easter Carmuirs Schools in 1960. Camelon Junior Secondary School became Camelon High School in 1976 and was closed in 1989. The buildings became a Day Centre. The earliest school records were destroyed by a fire on 22 December 1905.
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Camelon High School
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Camelon Public School was opened on 11 March 1876. By the 1930s pupils of secondary age were attending the Advanced Division of the school and the school was re-named Camelon Junior Secondary School. In June 1960 the primary department was closed. Some primary pupils transferred to Bantaskin School in 1958 and the rest transferred to Carmuirs Primary or Easter Carmuirs Primary in 1960. Camelon Junior Secondary School became Camelon High School in 1976 and was closed in 1989. The buildings became a Day Centre. The earliest school records were destroyed by a fire on 22 December 1905.
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Polmont Old Parish Church
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Polmont Parish was disjoined from Falkirk by the Commissioners of Teinds on 22 July 1724. In 1929 with the union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland, the congregation took the name Polmont North Church, The name Polmont Old was adopted in 1977 when Polmont South changed its name to Brightons Parish Church. Redding and Westquarter was run as a church extension charge from Polmont North. Linked with Shieldhill from 10 September 1961 to1 November 1963. First church building completed 1734, second church building completed 1844.
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John Farquhar
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Joiner
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Thomson, D & partners
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M Simpson
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John Anderson
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Joiner
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Mottram, Patrick & Dalgleish
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The practice of Alfred Hugh Mottram was continued by his son James Arthur Hugh Mottram who had served part of his apprenticeship with Dunn & Martin and became a partner in 1950. In 1954 the younger Mottram took Thomas Edward Patrick, a friend from Edinburgh College of Art, into partnership; and in 1960 their long-serving chief assistant Andrew Martin Dalgleish also became a partner. The practice title then became Mottram Patrick & Dalgleish.
In 1968 the practice amalgamated with that of Donald P Whitehorn to become Mottram Patrick Whitehorn Dalgleish & Partners and some time later Mottram Patrick. In the same year Ronald Drylie was taken into partnership. [Source: Dictionary of Scottish Architects http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/] |
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James Hardie
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Architect
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Jeremiah Dixon
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Jeremiah Dixon FRS (27 July 1733 – 22 January 1779)[1] was an English surveyor and astronomer who is best known for his work with Charles Mason, from 1763 to 1767, in determining what was later called the Mason-Dixon line.
Dixon was born in Cockfield, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham, in 1733, the fifth of seven children, to Sir George Fenwick Dixon 5th Bt. and Lady Mary Hunter. The Mason–Dixon line was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in the resolution of a border dispute involving Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware in Colonial America. It is still a demarcation line among four US states, forming part of the borders of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia (originally part of Virginia). It represents the cultural border between the Southern United States and the Northern United States. |
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Falkirk Burgh. Stentmasters
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The Falkirk Stentmasters were established during the 17th century with representatives from each of the town's four quarters and the merchants and trades of the town. They had no legal powers but levied assessments on inhabitants in the burgh, managing initially the water supplies and later the sanitation, street cleaning and lighting out of their funds. They were 28 in number, and were elected annually. In 1814 they erected a new town steeple. The Stentmasters were effectively abolished by the Falkirk Police and Improvement Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict., ch.cxxiii) under which the police commissioners were to be the Town Council, and obtained authority to take over the water, sanitation, street cleansing, public works and improvements, and various other powers previously held by the Stentmasters. Their property and privileges were to be vested in the commissioners (ie the magistrates and town council), their records were to be handed over, and their right to levy assessments abolished.
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McLuckie & Walker
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Civil engineers and architects
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Robert Thomson
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Joiner
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John Telfer
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John Telfer (1835-1915) was born in Newton Mearns, moved with family to Falkirk. Patternmaker at Falkirk Foundry then apprentice engineer, worked in Glasgow then Grangemouth on the screw steamer Elf. Ironturner with Smith Fullerton & Co, Camelon Foundry, foreman for ten years at Kilns then foreman at Castlelaurie Foundry. In 1886 transferred to assistant manager at Falkirk Foundry, then Manager of Castlelaurie Foundry. Retired c. 1904 when "Being exceedingly fond of photography they presented him with a valuable camera on his retiral" (Falkirk Herald July 22 1908) Set up "Telfer's Choir". Studied Tonic Sol-fa in 1866. and then set up the Falkirk Tonic Sol-fa Association and appointed conductor. Precentor in Grahamston Church (appointed by the Baird Trust). Also member of the Falkirk Building Society committee, member of the Sir John de Graeme Lodge of Oddfellows, member of Free Library Committee, Falkirk Burns Club and the Council of the Natural History and Archaeology Society. Baptist. Politically was a Unionist. Assumed to be same John Telfer as photographer of P713.
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Robert Love
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Jade Stout
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Exhibitions
Amber Roome Contemporary Art Glasgow Art Fair 6 April 2006 – 9 April 2006 Amber Roome Contemporary Art Group Show in downstairs gallery 1 February 2006 – 2 March 2006 The Park Gallery, Falkirk Christmas Exhibition Delta Studios, Larbert, Falkirk Resident Artist Exhibition 29 October 2005 – 20 November 2005 Amber Roome Contemporary Art Group Show in downstairs gallery 19 October 2005 – 22 December 2005 Amber Roome Contemporary Art Group Show in downstairs gallery 14 September 2005 – 13 October 2005 Amber Roome Contemporary Art Festival Exhibition 10 August 2005 – 9 September 2005 Amber Roome Contemporary Art Group Show 7 July 2005 - 4 August 2005 Amber Roome Contemporary Art Group Show in downstairs gallery 17 February 2005 - 17 March 2005 The Park Gallery, Falkirk Christmas Exhibition 20 November 2004 - 8 January 2005 Amber Roome Contemporary Art Group Show in downstairs gallery 25 November 2004 - 23 December 2004 The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney Christmas Show 29 November 2003 – 24 December 2003 The Edinburgh Gallery, Edinburgh Christmas Show 29 November 2003 – 3 February 2004 The Pier Arts Centre Eilidh Pearson, Kevin Cormack and Jade Stout 18 October 2003 – 22 November 2003 The Edinburgh Gallery at The Affordable Art Fair at Battersea 8 – 12 October 2003 The Edinburgh Gallery Summer Show 21 June 2003 – 26 July 2003 The Compass Gallery, Glasgow Christmas Show 22 November 2002 – 25 January 2003 National Heritage Centre, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh Exploring Place 2 December 2002 – 6 January 2003 Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre, North Uist, Western Isles Northern Exposure 5 October 2002 – 11 November 2002 Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh Glasshouse 18 July 2002 – 30 April 2003 Pentagon Business Centre, Glasgow New Generation Show II 6 July 2002 – 30 August 2002 Compass Gallery New Generation Show 6 July 2002 – 6 August 2002 Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh MFA Degree Show 15 – 25 June 2002 The Edinburgh Gallery Jade Stout, Ewa Irena Polanek and Colin Park 6 – 27 April 2002 Stills Gallery, Edinburgh What’s mine is yours, twenty-nine artists at stills 13 – 21 March 2002 McLellan Galleries, Glasgow Royal Scottish Academy Students Exhibition 9 – 20 March 2002 National Heritage Headquarters, Perth Exploring Place 11 March 2002 – 13 April 2002 The Fettes Gallery, Fettes College, Edinburgh Postgraduate Selected Works 8 – 31 Mar 02 New Street Exhibition Space and Holyrood Park Ranger Lodge, Edinburgh Exploring Place 25 January 2002 – 9 Febuary 2002 The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Postgraduate Show 27 – 28 November 2002 Origin Art, Mugdock Country Park, Glasgow First Exhibition 6 – 15 September 2001 St Fergus Gallery, Wick Highlands and Islands Open, Young Artists and New Graduates Section 8 – 30 August 2001 art.tm, Inverness Highlands and Islands Open, Young Artists and New Graduates Section 23 June 2001 – 4 August 2001 Edinburgh College of Art 1st Year MFA Degree Show 16 – 26 June 2001 Edinburgh International Conference Centre “Expose” 5 June 2001 – 30 April 2002 Education Edinburgh College of Art Postgraduate Master of Fine Art, 2000-2002 BA Honours of the First Class in Drawing & Painting, 1996-2000 |
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James Strang
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Shoemaker
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Falkirk Burgh Commissioners and Police Commissioners
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Commissioners under Falkirk Police & Improvement Act, 1859 In 1859 Falkirk adopted the Police of Towns (Scotland) Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict., c.33). The means of doing so was a local act of parliament, the Falkirk Police and Improvement Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict., ch.cxxiii). Under this the police commissioners were to be the Town Council, and obtained authority to take over the water, sanitation, street cleansing, public works and improvements, and various other powers previously held by the Stentmasters or Feuars including the raising of assessments to pay for works in the town. This Act sought to clarify what authority was responsible for which function in the town. In 1873 Falkirk adopted the 1862 General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act (25 & 26 Vict, c 101) which gave additional powers in lighting, cleansing, improvements and police matters. The Falkirk Corporation Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict., ch.xiv) confirmed the powers of the Town Council as police commissioners, transferred all of the Feuars' remaining powers and property to Falkirk Town Council, and extended the municipal and police boundaries. The Town Councils (Scotland) Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict., c.49) provided for the incorporation of burghs and was adopted by Falkirk in 1900, leading to any responsibilities held by the Burgh or Police Commissioners being passed to the Town Council.
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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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