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Can anyone tell me anything about this building in Nicoll Street, history , built for what purpose, etc?, it seems to have Masonic Symbolism above it`s...
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Apr 3, 2005
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Any info on the little graveyard known as the Roodyards, the mausoleum there belonged to the Guthrie family (correct me if wrong) who were the Guthries ? what...
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Apr 3, 2005
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... mausoleum ... Phil, The Archives of Dundee University -in their Genealogical Source List - Part 1 - include an MS collection MS 15/235, which includes a ...
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Apr 3, 2005
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... Source ... a ... get ... Jim cheers for that,I got a full listing for the Graveyard in the local history department in the central, also all readable...
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... It's not too hard to hop over the wall (ehm .... or so I'm told!). Grant...
Grant E. L. Buttars
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Apr 5, 2005
8:23 pm
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Tut, tut, Grant. :)) Yes, the wall isn't to high. I was able to arrange for the gate to be opened during the week rather than the weekend by contacting the...
Iain Scott
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Apr 5, 2005
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Any info on the above would be welcome, why was the building vacated by the Cox family?, and when did the Salvation take over/leave etc?. I would imagine the...
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Apr 7, 2005
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I must declare an interest as I was born in Clement Park House. It was built by James Maclaren (also resposible for Cox's Stack). Plans may be with Dundee...
Grant E. L. Buttars
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Apr 7, 2005
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... Cheers for the info Grant, was the building a maternity hospital ?? It ... Plans ... On the Drawn Evidence site they dont appear to have a drawing, they ...
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Apr 8, 2005
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... It was a nursing home - don't know if it was exclusively a maternity facility. My mum had my younger brother there as she was physically fragile and I...
Doon The Toon
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Apr 9, 2005
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... The project didn't have time to digitise every single architectural drawing. Just because it's not on Drawn Evidence doesn't mean there is nothing in the...
Grant E. L. Buttars
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Apr 10, 2005
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... they ... to ... architectural ... there ... ????? Why would they not have time?? if you bother to read Drawn evidence introduction page it`s ongoing so...
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... Sorry to dissapoint you but it was a ring-fenced, externally funded project. The funding cane from the Research Support Libraries Programme (RSLP) and...
Grant E. L. Buttars
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Apr 10, 2005
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... at ... no ... funded ... don't ... the ... of ... each ... single ... material ... even ... in ... Fair enough, but why not upload the photos they claim to...
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Apr 12, 2005
8:51 am
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... Is that an interest in Carbet Castle, or just an example, Phil? I'd certainly like to see 60 photos of the place., and if you are looking for pics I have...
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Apr 12, 2005
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... for ... but ... I'd ... looking ... but a ... Its an interest, I too would love to see all the 60 pics but hey, would like to see the ones you have can you...
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Apr 12, 2005
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Hi, There's a photo of Carbet Castle at the Photopolis - part of Dundee City Council's website: http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/photodb/wc1754.htm I can't see one...
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Apr 12, 2005
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And if only he'd then turned round and taken a photo of White Rose Cottage - he must have been stood within a few yards of it - where my 'orrible bunch lived! ...
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Apr 13, 2005
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As promised I have dug out three photos of Carbet Castle and added them to an album under "photos". I thought I had more, but must have been getting muddled...
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Apr 23, 2005
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Can any of you tell me of Carbet Castle? I only know what my grandmother has told me and what I can find on the internet. My mother is a Grimond. My...
Harmony
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Apr 29, 2005
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Hi Harmony, If you search the list archives (just click on messages and a search box appears at the top of the screen) I am sure you will find things on the...
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Hello, Yes Jospeh Grimond. That was his name. I did not know that at one time they owned another house xomewhere else. My grandmother and grandfather are...
Harmony
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Most of it actually went a lot longer ago than 10 years. The westmost wing survived longer than the rest. I remember it in a semi-derelict state from the...
Grant E. L. Buttars
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Apr 29, 2005
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... What a bra' name! Doon 8=) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For Dundonians +++ www.DoonTheToon.ukf.net +++...
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Apr 30, 2005
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Grant, you are a gem! Yes, the new "Carbet Castle" sticks out like a dog's hindleg (and I've moderated that remark!) and wasn't helped when I saw it by a ...
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Apr 30, 2005
3:40 pm
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Not far from your dad's Dental Practice, Grant, right on that bend in the Road (?victoria?) there used to be a shopfront called the Lord Roberts Memorial...
Jim Campbell
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... in ... Hello Jim, Someone decided that I wasn't a member of the group and refused to deliver my first message, Soooo.... a repeat I remember it well. Just...
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May 1, 2005
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Jim, It was my great uncle, Dave Buttars, who was the dentist. His pracice was at the east corner of the Hilltown & Victoria Rd. Lord Roberts were at the...
Grant E. L. Buttars
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May 1, 2005
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... Hi Grant & Jim, Whenever the late Queen Mother visited Dundee in the years gone by, she always visited the Lord Robert's Workshop, and made a purchase. She...
Jim Robertson
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May 1, 2005
10:31 pm
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Hi Jim, In response to your question, "Who was Lord Roberts"?, please check this url http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Sleigh_Roberts%2C_1st_Earl_Roberts...
Clay Hackett
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