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Burstall & Monkhouse
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Electricity Commission
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Protector Lamp & Lighting Co Ltd
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Falkirk Lighting Co
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Short-lived successor to Falkirk Gas Co. Clients of Russel & Aitken
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George Balfour
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McGregor, J & Co
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Kelly, George & Co
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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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Ministry of Transport
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Bo'ness Town Council. Burgh Surveyor
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The Burgh Surveyor was generally responsible for sewers, roads and bridges, cleansing, public works, lighting and related services and for ensuring that buildings within the Burgh were kept in good repair by their owners.
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Denny & Dunipace Town Council. Burgh Surveyor
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The Burgh Surveyor was generally responsible for sewers, roads and bridges, cleansing, public works, lighting and related services and for ensuring that buildings within the Burgh were kept in good repair by their owners.
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Ayr Burgh. Burgh Surveyor
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The Burgh Surveyor was generally responsible for sewers, roads and bridges, cleansing, public works, lighting and related services and for ensuring that buildings within the Burgh were kept in good repair by their owners.
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Great North of Scotland Railway
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Smallest of the five Scottish companies. Pioneered electric lighting. Most famous branch was the Royal Deeside line but had a network in the north-east.
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Falkirk Town Council. Burgh Surveyor
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The Burgh Surveyor was generally responsible for sewers, roads and bridges, cleansing, public works, lighting and related services and for ensuring that buildings within the Burgh were kept in good repair by their owners.
The post ceased to exist in 1975 when Falkirk Town Council was abolished and the functions were transferred to Falkirk District Council |
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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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Bo'ness Harbour Trustees
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Bo'ness Harbour Trustees were established under the Twopenny Act in 1744. The Trustees were appointed with power to impose a duty of two pennies Scots...on every pint of ale or beer sold in Bo'ness for the clearing, deepening, rebuilding, repairing and improving the harbour and piers of Bo'ness. The duty was leviable for 25 years, renewed by Act in 1769, 1794, 1816 and 1843. Vacancies were filled by election by the existing trustees. The successive acts gave additional powers to the Trustees to levy rates on commercial premises and dwelling-houses, for the purposes of paying for lighting, cleaning and improving streets and erecting a town clock. The 1843 Act re-named the Harbour Trustees as trustees for the Town and Harbour and set a period of service and a qualification for election and electors.
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Cochrane & French
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SCOTTIE
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SCOTTIE, (Society for the Control of Troublesome Toxic Emissions) was a campaigning organisation set up in May 1976 to oppose the Re-Chem plant at Bonnybridge. The local population were concerned about the emissions from the site an the possible effect this might have.
From 1976 to 1984, SCOTTIE maintained a local and national campaign for an investigation into Re-Chem's methods. The plant was alleged to have caused toxic emissions which were linked to a higher than average level of deformities and disabilities in local children and which affected the cattle grazing locally. A local farmer took the company to court separately from SCOTTIE. After the closure of Re-Chem in Sept 1984, SCOTTIE continued in existence because Re-Chem still held a license to operate at the site. SCOTTIE became a knowledgeable campaigning group, taking on a more advisory role to other environmental groups. Their membership of Communities Against Toxins (CATs), which acted as a network linking environmental groups across the UK, resulted in a steady flow of letters asking for help and advice. This change in their role continued into the 1990s. SCOTTIE also took part in other local campaigns such as plans to build an incinerator at Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary. SCOTTIIE disbanded in 2003 due to dwindling membership and the decline in their activities. |
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John Heeps
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David Russell
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