Hi peeps. There was some discussion in The Courier's "Craigie Column" some months ago about "The Dark Day". As far as I can remember, it was in 1930 or...
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grant_a_1969
May 26, 2003 3:35 am
Anyone here go to Gillburn Road Elementary School in Dundee? I went there in the late 1970's before I moved to the USA. It would be nice to talk to anyone...
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Grant E. L. Buttars
grant_buttars
May 26, 2003 1:26 pm
... terrible ... including the ... Ken, Are you sure it was as early as 1971? I seem to remember this, though I'd only have been 3 in 1971, so it's unlikely....
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Xantheand@...
suejeff2001
May 26, 2003 8:39 pm
Folks, Thanks for your thoughts - I'm visiting my folk in Dundee this week so I'll see if they s can throw any further light on the wet parade and the dark...
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Livid
dea47uk
May 26, 2003 8:43 pm
Grant, I am responding to your email because you are an Anderson, like myself. ( the livid is our shorthand way of saying LIsbeth and daVID. We are much older,...
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Ken Anton
lomondfife
May 26, 2003 9:10 pm
Hi Grant, Yes, it was definitely 1971, as I left primary school that summer. It did take a few years to completely repair the spire... I'm not sure how long, ...
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jimrob_009
May 26, 2003 9:26 pm
Those of us with Yahoo IDs who can visit our Home Page, should go to our Links collection, and scan down the one called "Dundee History. This a is a...
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dave perks
banjo046@...
May 26, 2003 11:16 pm
The wet review was a review of Scottish troops by Queen Victoria. The date I don't know. I used to have an old man work for me who when he was a young soldier,...
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shortscot2003
May 27, 2003 7:18 pm
I am looking for family members of two seemingly unrelated families. The first is my mother's on my grandmother's side. She was the daughter of John Neish who...
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grant_a_1969
May 27, 2003 10:19 pm
It's really hard to say for sure. My dads name was George Anderson and he came from Fife and his dads name was George also and my older brother is called...
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Doon The Toon
skenkerdoon
May 27, 2003 10:28 pm
Hi Grant. Re: the 1971 episode. I was working in McGills the day the spire was struck by lightning and I worked there from July 1970 to the end of January...
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Grant E. L. Buttars
grant_buttars
May 28, 2003 10:14 am
This isn't actually a genealogy discussion group. We are good at helping with related historical information about Dundee and its environs but you'd be better...
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PATRICIA PARKER
shortscot2003
May 28, 2003 12:28 pm
oops, sorry. As a Historian, I thought the ordinary people made history; guess I was wrong. I will move my query to Rootsweb. Have fun with your memories and...
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shortscot2003
May 28, 2003 12:40 pm
I joined this group to learn more about the history of the "country" around Dundee so that I could better understand my roots and where our family came from,...
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Grant E. L. Buttars
grant_buttars
May 28, 2003 2:33 pm
My reply was merely to suggest that you are less likely to find the same amount of genealogists here as you will on the Angus list and you might not so easily...
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PATRICIA PARKER
shortscot2003
May 28, 2003 2:47 pm
Dinna fesh yoursel!!!!! ... From: Grant E. L. Buttars Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 10:40 AM To: dundee-history@yahoogroups.com Subject: [dundee-history] Re:...
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Iain Scott
iainbs
May 28, 2003 2:53 pm
Good Afternoon List, from a reasonably sunny Surrey. Would anyone know where I might find details or records about the various companies or partnerships that...
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dundee-history@yahoog...
May 28, 2003 6:00 pm
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dundee-history@yahoog...
May 28, 2003 6:02 pm
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dundee-history@yahoog...
May 28, 2003 6:02 pm
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dundee-history@yahoog...
May 28, 2003 6:11 pm
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Jim Robertson
jimrob_009
May 28, 2003 10:04 pm
... G'Day Iain, You will find some crumbs of comfort at http://www.rrsdiscovery.com or you can go directg to http://www.verdantworks.com Follow the link to...
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Grant E. L. Buttars
grant_buttars
May 29, 2003 5:03 am
Iain, I'm surprised they are not with the university, as they have the records of most of Dundee's textile manufacturers. I've checked out your David William...
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kayebuk
May 29, 2003 9:40 pm
Dear all and anyone, I am doing some research on the local buildings of Dundee and wondered if anyone in this group knew anything about the Tay Hotel (when it...
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dundee-history@yahoog...
May 29, 2003 9:46 pm
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dundee-history@yahoog...
May 29, 2003 9:49 pm
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Doon The Toon
skenkerdoon
May 31, 2003 12:58 pm
... It was built in 1899 as a temperance hotel. I can tell you more about its very early history but I'm sure you can turn up much about its earlier history...
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dundee-history@yahoog...
May 31, 2003 7:09 pm
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dundee-history@yahoog...
Jun 1, 2003 5:55 pm
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Grant E. L. Buttars
grant_buttars
Jun 2, 2003 11:35 am
Mathers Hotel was a Temperance hotel, built in 1899 at the west end of Whitehall Crescent, Dundee, by architect Robert Hunter. It was owned by David Mathers,...
