This is a question for Michael Bolik. A small group of us have regular email communications about various historical Dundee topics. Usually, with the help of...
I can't offer much on this question but there was a John Rollo, who was some sort of merchant, around the second half of the 18th century. Just perhaps, this...
... Hi everyone - Just a chip of info for you - The Municipal history of Dundee published by winter, Duncan & Co in 1878, has a couple of refs to the name...
Well, David Rollo, solicitor became Rollo Steven & Bond. Ian Rollo Steven, solicitor of that firm, was a fit young man in my Barnhill youth so ought to be in...
Hi Everybody I would just like to announce the launch of my latest book: 'A Sink of Atrocity' published by Black and White Publishers of Edinburgh. The subject...
Over the years, I have seen various explanations of the gate/gait street naming in Dundee and recently came across it again. This one suggests that 'gate'...
This is not a particularly Dundee thing. The words gate and gait occur all over eastern Britain (e.g. Bishopsgate and Moorgate in London) and are words for...
Thanks to Robin and Ken - I'm clearer now about gait/gate meanings. P "Here's tae us! Wha's like us? Damn few! - an' they're a' deid!" Old Scots Toast Check...
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Hello, I need some public message board post deleted, I didn't realize they were publicly searchable. I usually wouldn't mind, but being quite political in...
Is this ALL another hoax or is some part of it of genuine concern to Alastair? These "hoax" intimations seem to be a monthly activity, as far as this group is...
No, this is definitely not a hoax, and it has absolutely nothing to do with Dundee, I'm referring to right wing people in London mostly. I'm not i the habit...
Very many thanks for advising me, Jim. The elderly become rather confused when faced with such messages and can't always differentiate between sheep and goats,...
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Apr 1, 2012 11:53 am
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Oh, gosh, I know little about these things. I expect one might require a new computer. Well, I got my last for £48, three years ago, so I will not weep too...
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