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Scott Roxburgh
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Robert McCowan
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Son of Andrew McCowan.
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Carpenter, Chas. Ltd.
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John Rae Videoproductions
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R Mitchell
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James Russel of Dundas Castle
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John Russel
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Provost John Russel was the younger son of James Russel (of Russel & Aitken) and Catherine Crawford. He was educated in Falkirk and Campbeltown and then became a law apprentice with Russel & Aitken.He was elected to Falkirk Town Council in 1856, elected a Bailie in 1861, second Bailie in 1864, Senior Bailie in 1865 and Provost in 1867. He was also Chairman of Falkirk Burgh School Board from 1872 and held various honorary positions including Sheriff-Substitute for Stirlingshire & Dumbartonshire, Commissioner of Supply, JP for Stirlingshire, clerk to the Feuars of Falkirk, president of the Eastern District of Stirlingshire Agricultural Association, and convenor of committee to establish Grahamston Parish Church.
IN 1856 he married Mary Gaff Rennie, daughter of James Rennie of Gowan Bank, Grahamston, and had four children of whom only the eldest, Mary Cook Rennie Russel, survived to adulthood. Ref: Love's Notes & Queries vol 3 pp177-184 |
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Stenhouse & Carron Parish Church
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Formed by union of Stenhouse Parish Church and Carron Parish Church. Congregation use the McLaren Memorial Church.
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Royal Naval Division
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Falkirk Tryst Golf Club
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Special Working Group on the Cullen Report
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The Special Working Group on the Cullen Report was set up following the publication of Lord Cullen's report on the Public Inquiry into the Shootings at Dunblane Primary School on 13 March 1996 (The Cullen Report) Cm3386. This was a Member/Officer working group and it reviewed security in schools and responses to firearms issues. Following the conclusion of the Working Group the recommendations were adopted by Falkirk Council and implemented by staff
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Falkirk Laurieston West Church of Scotland
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The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Laurieston was granted permission to form into a separate congregation from the Stirling congregation of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1784. It was four years before a the first minister, Rev. John Reid, was appointed in July 1788. In 1789 the first church was built. In 1863 the church was built on its site it James Street, Laurieston. In 1876, The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Laurieston became the Free Church of Laurieston. In 1900 it became the United Free Church of Laurieston and in 1929 it entered the Church of Scotland and took the name Laurieston West. The congregation united with Laurieston St Columba's on 25 April 1945 to form Laurieston Church. The manse and the church were subsequently sold. Laurieston Church linked with Redding and Westquarter Church in 1980.
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Falkirk Laurieston Parish Church
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Formed by union of Laurieston St Columba's and Laurieston West on 25 April 1945. Linked with Redding and Westquarter on 31 December 1979.
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St Andrew's Ambulance Association: Falkirk BR Company
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St Andrew’s Ambulance Corps is a voluntary organisation providing first aid services. The Falkirk BR Company was formed in May 1925 as the Falkirk Railway Ambulance Section of the Corps.
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Joseph Sneddon
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John Sneddon
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Stirlingshire, West Lothian and Falkirk Growth Area Joint Planning Advisory Committee
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Forth Scout District
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A district of the Scout Association in Scotland. Formed by the amalgamation of Forth Valley, Clackmannan and West Lothian
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Alexander Black
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Alexander Black (1875-1960) lived at Haggs and worked at Steins Brick Works. He married Annie Hamilton in 1909. He was Past Chief Ruler in the Independent Order of Rechabites in Haggs.
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John Oliver
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John Oliver (1874-1958) was a draper in business with Arthur Griffiths at South St, Bo'ness. He was also treasurer and manager of the Bo'ness Sick & Deposit Yearly Society
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