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Douglas Hotel
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Dymock, William
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Central Regional Council. Roads
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William Dobbie
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The Dobbies were one of the two major clock-making families in Falkirk (the other being the Russells). William,(junior) born in 1796, was the third generation of Dobbies in the clockmaking business. William was appointed to maintain the Falkirk Town Clock in the Steeple in 1836, following his father's death, at a salary of two guineas per year. In 1839, he was made a Watch and Clockmaker ordinary to Queen Victoria. He was a freemason and a member of the first Town Council, established in 1833 following the passing of the 1832 Reform Act, when Falkirk became a parliamentary burgh. In 1845 he was appointed a Bailie, but her retired from local politics the following year. His son, George, born in 1828 became a business partner with his father in 1852. At the time the premises were at 97 High Street (now 111 High St). William died in 1864.
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Milton Post Card, The
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Business name of Woolston Bros was registered by Gustave Woolstone on 7 Jan 1925 at Aldersgate St, EC1, London. Company produced postcards before 1902
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John Russell
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John Russell was the most famous of Falkirk's clockmakers. He was born in 1745 in Denny or Dennyloanhead and was originally a blacksmith or wright. By 1770 he had become a clockmaker in Falkirk. IN 1780 he was elected as a Stentmaster to represent the town's watch and clockmakers. Russell made longcase clocks, musical clocks, watches, thermometers, barometers and also installed the Town clock in the Steeple. He is especially noted for the development of a more precise type of barometer, known as the Royal Barometer, so called because of presentations to George III and later to the Prince Regent. He held the title "Watchmaker for Scotland to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent". Russell's business was based in a shop in the High Street and on his death was carried on by his younger brother, William. Little is known of William or his successor, John Russell (who was probably his son but this is not confirmed).
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Warden & Bower
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Clock makers
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C Brown
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Magdalen Chalmers
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Hepburn
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Dalgleish, Robert
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A B Green
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TH Gadsby
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Nimmo
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Ansonia Clock Company
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Aitchison, Laurence
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Clockmaker in Falkirk, c 1837-1852. Moved to Glasgow in 1852.
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Black J & T
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Furness
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Philips
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J & A Marr
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