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Royal Scottish National Hospital
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Established by the Society for the Education for Imbecile Youth in Scotland which was founded in 1859, raised funds and purchased land at Larbert in 1861, and built school by 1864. Named Scottish National Institution for the Education of Imbecile Children. Re-named Royal Scottish National Institute in 1916. In 1948 taken over by the National Health Service and operated by Western Regional Hospital Board. Re-named Royal Scottish National Hospital in early 1970s.
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Scottish National Academy of Music
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Scottish National Party
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Founded in 1928 as the National Party of Scotland. The party came into existence as a result of a series of conferences attended by delegates from various home rule and nationalist bodies who agreed to merge and form a new party. It was re-named the Scottish National Party on being joined by the Scottish Party in 1934.
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Scottish Young Men's Christian Assoc. Scottish National council
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YMCA founded in 1844. The Scottish YMCA National Council unanimously awarded the status of a National Alliance by the World Alliance of YMCAs and assumes a responsibility to support the work of the World Council.
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Scottish National Portrait Gallery
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National Coal Board Scottish Division
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Scottish National Union of Allotment Holders' Associations
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Scottish National Joint Council for the Building Industry
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Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary
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After a decade of local fund-raising, Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary at Major's Loan was opened to patients in 1931, replacing Falkirk Cottage Hospital. It was officially opened by HRH Prince George (subsequently Duke of Kent) in 1932. It was taken over by the National Health Service following the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947.
In August 2012 Acute Services from FDRI were transferred to the new Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert. The former FDRI was re-named Falkirk Community Hospital and from 2012 it has provided a wide range of out-patient services including dental, speech and language therapy, ophthalmology, dietetics, sexual heath and family planning, mental health, podiatry and psychological services. It also provides in-patient services for people requiring rehabilitation, palliative and complex care. |
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Alexander Nimmo (junior)
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Alexander Nimmo junior (1858-1943) was educated at Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities and qualified as a solicitor. He became a partner of Russel and Aitken (along with T Callander Wade) on James Aitken’s death in 1911. He played a full part in the life of Falkirk as Honorary Treasurer of the Falkirk & District Savings Bank, Trustee of the Royal Scottish National Institution, Larbert and Vice President and convenor of the Finance Committee of Falkirk Cottage Hospital and then Falkirk & District Infirmary.
Among other duties, Alexander Nimmo was Curator Bonis for Jeanie and Maggie Robertson (daughters of James Robertson and Margaret Roberts or Robertson) who both suffered from mental ill health and at times were patients of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the Insane. |
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Scottish Community Drama Association
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Scottish Community Drama Association is a voluntary organisation founded in 1926. It works to promote all aspects of community theatre in Scotland. The SCDA was founded in 1926, after Geoffrey Whitworth, founder and director of the British Drama League in London, received an invitation from the New York Little Theatre Movement to send out the best of British Drama to compete in their annual festival. To select this team the British Drama League initiated a festival of amateur drama. Mr D Glen Mackemmie of the Scottish National Players, then issued an invitation to all British Drama League members in Scotland, to attend a meeting in Glasgow. This meeting appointed an executive committee charged with the organisation of a Scottish Festival in the winter of 1926/27. In the early years the winning team from the Scottish Festival competed in London in the British Final. SCDA run a series of One-Act Play festivals with regional and national competitions. Falkirk High School Former Pupils Drama Club won the national finals in 1930 and 1931; Larbert High School Former Pupils won in 1974, the Tryst Theatre (from Falkirk area) won in 1979, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1995 and 2004, and the Falkirk Players won in 1985. Falkirk Town Hall hosted regional and national finals of the One Act Play Festivals on numerous occasions. The Tryst Theatre also won the Howard de Walden Trophy in 1979 (a UK competition)
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National Skating Association of Great Britain
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Winnie Ewing
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MP for the Scottish National Party.
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Scottish Union of Range, Stove & Ornamental Workers
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Executive Council met in Newmarket St, Falkirk. Joined National Federation of Trades Unions in 1910
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James T Fair
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Scottish Union & National Insurance Company
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RCAHMS
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The Royal Commission on Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) was established in 1908 by Royal Warrant to make a list or Inventory of the surviving heritage from earliest times up to the year 1707. In 1948 this was extended to include the built heritage after 1707. In 1966 the Scottish National Buildings Record was transferred to RCAHMS, thereby creating the National Monuments Record of Scotland (NMRS), along with the responsibility for the recording of threatened buildings. In 2008 SCRAN (Scottish Cultural Resources network) became part of RCAHMS.Also in 2008 the Aerial Reconnaissance Archive became part of RCAHMS, forming the National Collection of Aerial Photography (NCAP).
In 2015 RCAHMS merged with Historic Scotland to form a new organisation called Historic Environment Scotland. |
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Robert Brown
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Scottish international football player and manager. He played as a goalkeeper for Queen's Park, Rangers and Falkirk and made five international appearances for Scotland. He managed St Johnstone at club level and the Scottish national team from 1967 to 1971.
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David Goodsir
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A H Mottram
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Alfred Hugh Mottram, an architect, was was born in Norwich on 29 January 1886. On 31 March 1903 he was articled to George Faulkner Armitage in Altrincham near Manchester, serving a three-year apprenticeship and remaining for a year as assistant. He then joined the practice of Parker & Unwin in Hampstead Garden Suburb, and while there passed the qualifying exam. He was admitted ARIBA on 4 December 1911.
Mottram moved from Cardiff to Edinburgh in 1915 to take up a position as architect to the Scottish National Housing Company Ltd at 111 George Street. He enlisted first with the Royal Scots and then the Artists Rifles in 1918 and 1919. After the war he continued to work for the Scottish National Housing Company and for the Second Scottish National Housing Company until 1939, whilst carrying on his own private practice, and also worked for a time for James Bow Dunn. He died on 12 March 1953, survived by his wife, his son and his daughter. The practice was continued by his son James Arthur Hugh Mottram. [Source: Dictionary of Scottish Architects http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/] |
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