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2893 Anne Ide
anne_ide2003 Offline Send Email
Dec 23, 2011
7:17 pm
My late aunt had a friend who worked in the gents' department of GL Wilson's.   One market day, an elderly farmer came into the shop, looked at her...
2894 David Perks
banjo046 Offline Send Email
Dec 24, 2011
3:57 am
That must have been on Tuesday To: dundee-history@yahoogroups.com From: anne_ide2003@... Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:17:45 +0000 Subject: Re:...
2895 Webgaffer
skenkerdoon Offline Send Email
Dec 24, 2011
4:14 pm
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...
2896 Edmund Raphael
edmundraphael Offline Send Email
Dec 24, 2011
9:59 pm
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...
2897 jimrob_009 Offline Send Email Dec 24, 2011
11:01 pm
... 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...
2898 Edmund Raphael
edmundraphael Offline Send Email
Dec 25, 2011
10:33 am
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...
2899 Edmund Raphael
edmundraphael Offline Send Email
Dec 25, 2011
12:27 pm
I've written to Ian Rollo Steven to ask what he knows. If I get positive feedback, I will let you know edmund R ... From: jimrob_009 To:...
2900 dundee-history@yahoog... Send Email Jan 1, 2012
12:42 pm
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2901 dundee-history@yahoog... Send Email Feb 1, 2012
12:47 pm
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2902 Malcolm
mcarchibald2004 Offline Send Email
Feb 15, 2012
3:18 pm
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...
2903 Edmund Raphael
edmundraphael Offline Send Email
Feb 15, 2012
7:47 pm
Best of luck for good sales of your book but, I regret, I'm unaware of your surname. Edmund Raphael...
2904 Malcolm Archibald
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Feb 15, 2012
8:33 pm
Hi Edmund: Sorry about that: Malcolm Archibald Thank you for the 'best of luck'   Malcolm From: Edmund Raphael <edmundraphael@...> To:...
2905 David Perks
banjo046 Offline Send Email
Feb 17, 2012
2:34 am
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2906 Dohickydo
banjo046 Offline Send Email
Feb 17, 2012
4:04 pm
I do not know what this message is about. I did not send it. I think someone is playing games....
2907 Pat
patcarsonp Offline Send Email
Feb 27, 2012
5:00 pm
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'...
2908 Robin Fosdal
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Feb 27, 2012
5:27 pm
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...
2909 Ken Anton
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Feb 27, 2012
9:47 pm
Hi, In fact, "gata" is still used is Norway in this context. Many of the streets in Oslo and other towns have -gata as a suffix. Rgds K From:...
2910 Pat Carson
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Feb 29, 2012
11:54 am
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...
2911 dundee-history@yahoog... Send Email Mar 1, 2012
12:47 pm
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2912 Alastair Smith
alastair_smi... Offline Send Email
Mar 10, 2012
4:00 am
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...
2913 Edmund Raphael
edmundraphael Offline Send Email
Mar 10, 2012
4:53 pm
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...
2914 Alastair Smith
alastair_smi... Offline Send Email
Mar 10, 2012
5:23 pm
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...
2915 jimrob_009 Offline Send Email Mar 10, 2012
8:34 pm
... This topic is being pursued off-list with the originator. Jim Robertson - Moderator...
2916 Edmund Raphael
edmundraphael Offline Send Email
Mar 10, 2012
9:23 pm
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,...
2917 dundee-history@yahoog... Send Email Apr 1, 2012
11:53 am
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2918 Peter Fleming
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Apr 22, 2012
6:18 pm
I think that I may have been sent another email that sends an email to all in my contact list. Don't open any 'attachments that say 'awsome' Sorry...
2919 Edmund Raphael
edmundraphael Offline Send Email
Apr 22, 2012
6:58 pm
Very many thanks, Peter; it seems someone connected with the Society doesn't like us, for some reason. Edmund Raphael ... From: Peter Fleming To:...
2920 Jackie Duffus
jackieduffus Offline Send Email
Apr 22, 2012
7:56 pm
Lol, the virus isn't selective Edmund. As Peter says it will send an email with it to everyone in his contact list....
2921 Edmund Raphael
edmundraphael Offline Send Email
Apr 22, 2012
8:46 pm
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...
2922 dundee-history@yahoog... Send Email May 1, 2012
12:01 pm
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