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King & Jarrett Ltd
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Civic Trust
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The Civic Trust is an independent, national organisation with charitable status. It is the umbrella body for over 800 civic societies, representing over 250,000 individuals committed to improving and caring for places where people live and work.
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Wallacestone Methodist Church
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Wallacestone Methodist Church was established in 1842 after Alexander Patrick, a Methodist lay preacher, moved to Wallacestone as part of a mission from Coatbridge. The original building for the congregation was opened in 1843, beside Polmont Burn, with 70 members and 110 children in the Sunday School.
In 1850, Wallacestone was part of the Airdrie Circuit, which at that time took in Airdrie, Kilsyth, Wallacestone, Kirkintilloch and Campsie. By 1863, Wallacestone had assumed the first place in the circuit and several of the surrounding places had societies meeting there. It could be assumed that at this point a minister lived at Wallacestone for, in 1863, a lease was filed for a minister's house at Wallacestone. In 1869, we find reference for the first time to the Wallacestone Circuit. Other places in the circuit were: Kilsyth, Kirkintilloch, Grangemouth, Campsie, Falkirk and Denny. The circuit was again divided at the Conference of 1871 and the Wallacestone circuit comprised 4 societies: Wallacestone, Grangemouth, Falkirk and Denny. From time to time, other names appear on the Circuit Schedule, such as Bo'ness, California and, about 1886, Armadale and Slamannan joined forces with the Wallacestone Circuit. |
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Callendar Park College of Education
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Callendar Park College of Education opened in 1964, providing 600 places for trainee teachers. By 1971 Callendar Park College had almost 900 students. It established close links with local schools. By 1978 student numbers had fallen to 300. The College of Nursing and Midwifery shared the buildings latterly and the college closed in 1982, with the remaining students transferring to Moray House College of Education. It was one of three new Colleges of Education opened in Scotland in the 1960s (the other two being Craigie College, Ayr, also 1964 and Hamilton College, 1966), all of which catered specifically for the provision of training places for female students. They were the first new Training Colleges to be built in Scotland for over 40 years, and outside the denominational sector, the first new foundations since the beginning of the century. The 1950's had witnessed a tremendous growth in the number of students attending Colleges of Education in Scotland, which put severe pressure upon their limited resources. To counter the problem, the Scottish Council for the Training of Teachers (under the Chairmanship of Sir James J. Robertson) announced proposals for a large-scale expansion of the sector in 1960. The initial proposals involved establishing a new residential college for 900 women at Hamilton, and rebuilding both Dunfermline College of Physical Education and Notre Dame College, on new sites in Edinburgh and on the outskirts of Glasgow, respectively. The single-sex status of the proposed Hamilton College caused considerable controversy, and owing to this, it was not completed until 1966. The 'new colleges' (as they came to be known) marked a break from tradition in several other respects: All were situated in pleasant parkland areas outside the main centres of population; and were designed to give large numbers of students the amenities of residence. Both Callendar Park and Craigie appointed women as their first Principals; although, on the retirement of Elizabeth C.F. Leggatt in 1969, Callendar Park appointed a male successor, Charles Brown in her place. Demolished 1989.
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Cochrane & French
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John Heeps
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David Russell
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F Milson Dixon
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William Rose Primrose
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Cowan, Alexander & Sons
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Elspie
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The Dr Elspie Trust owned property in Weir St, Falkirk
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George Inglis
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Member of Falkirk Erskine Church and Sabbath School Superintendent.
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Hall, James
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James Hall started his coal merchant's business in 1906 with one horse-drawn lorry and two carts. Coal was collected from Letham, Garibaldi and Carnock Pits and delivered in the Airth area for sale at 12 to 14/- a ton. In 1918 an Overland car was put into use for hire. The following year Halls purchased their first motor lorry - a model T Ford - for the coal trade. Two ex-army lorries were also bought and used for general haulage and road work. This left only two horses. In the 1920s Halls started the first bus service from Airth to Airth Station, South Alloa ferry and the Skinflats Co-op. At the weekends people were taken to such places as the Falkirk theatres. The first transport for the conveyance of the public was a simple home-made shed-like structure placed on the back of a lorry with wooden seats along either side. As the business grew a large garage-shed was built to house the vehicles - there were 14 in use for the coal business alone. In 1928 a petrol pump was installed for the firm's own use. In the mid 1960s the company was taken over by Jim Turnbull, the son of a local farmer.
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Peter McLean
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Architect
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McLean & Grant
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Bradley Craven Ltd
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Company supplied local firms with equipment. Incorporated as Bradley and Craven Ltd (ie became a limited company) on 22 July 1974 and dissolved 29 Feb 2000.
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W Morrison
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Architect
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Scottish Gas Board
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Mickel, R & Co
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Hartmann
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Hartmann's of London or F Hartmann produced postcards between c. 1902 and 1911. The company introduced the divided back c 1907. [Source: Internet - Edinburgh Photos & Hertfordshire Genealogy: (22/1/07) www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/postcards/publisher-hartmann.htm ]
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