Thanks everyone for all the info. The guy i'm looking for is a John Paterson from perth rd area. It seems his elder half sister owned the craigtay/hubara and...
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Alastair Smith
alastair_smi...
May 9, 2010 10:22 pm
I'll have a look for photos during week...in an unrelated matter, one of those comments you usually hear when researching family, my grandafther married a...
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sandra smith
sandrasmith1958
May 9, 2010 10:35 pm
they might not be related but i have a helen paterson born 1931 and died 2004. her parents were john f.paterson and agnes stewart bryson. Â ... From: Alastair...
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Alastair Smith
alastair_smi...
May 9, 2010 10:40 pm
Interesting, I last spoke to Helen about 2001, she gave me all the old family photos and documents from my side of the family. I didn't really get to know her,...
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Ken Anton
lomondfife
May 25, 2010 10:39 pm
Hello everyone, I've been contacted by a gentleman in the USA who is seeking information about a deceased couple who used to live in St, Marys. If you knew...
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dundee-history@yahoog...
Jun 1, 2010 12:29 pm
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nightingalejanice
nightingalej...
Jun 5, 2010 12:14 am
Hi All, I'm currently trying to date a photograph and it would be helpful to know more about the photographer. I'm hoping someone might have access to Dundee...
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Alastair Smith
alastair_smi...
Jun 5, 2010 12:59 am
Hi, I'm not an expert but I've had/have hundreds of portrait photos from around Angus, mostly Arbroath & Dundee. I have about a hundred Arbroath ones just now,...
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Alastair Smith
alastair_smi...
Jun 5, 2010 2:00 am
I did find another of his Arbroath portrait photos, undated, but the dress looks like 1880s, three generations. By the way its 26 Commerce Street, not...
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Alastair Smith
alastair_smi...
Jun 9, 2010 12:58 pm
I'm not sure if you got my previous response to your enquiry about Thomas Adler, photographer in Arbroath, but I just thought I'd mention I'm going to list a...
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Alastair Smith
alastair_smi...
Jun 9, 2010 1:50 pm
Thought I'd forward this, was scanning a few photos for Ebay, attached should be the backs of the two Thomas Adler studios. ... From: nightingalejanice...
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David Perks
banjo046
Jun 16, 2010 6:56 pm
Hi Ken, I lived in St.marys and I knew a lot of people who lived there . I would be happy to help if I can. cheers Dave. To: dundee-history@yahoogroups.com ...
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fiona275190
Jun 17, 2010 6:45 pm
Hi, Does anybody know who Gillies Park was named after? And what was there before the park was created? I know that Barnhill Convalescent Home was located in...
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Edmund Raphael
edmundraphael
Jun 17, 2010 9:14 pm
Oh, I will send you a map of what the area was like in the 1930s. It had not changed much before I left. We used to walk along the side of the Dichty, from...
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jimrob_009
Jun 17, 2010 10:53 pm
... Hi Fiona, and also Edmund, This has to be a "near miss" contribution. In the 1940s when I was an engineering student at UCD, we did our field survey work...
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Edmund Raphael
edmundraphael
Jun 18, 2010 10:31 am
Yes Jimmie, The old Milton Mill was opposite Milton Farm, owned by the charming Forbes family. We had milk and eggs delivered by them and, on special days, I...
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Edmund Raphael
edmundraphael
Jun 18, 2010 10:44 am
These are from "Old Broughty Ferry & Monifieth" by A.W.Brotchie & J.J. Herd, who I'm sure would not mind my sharing them with the members Edmund...
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fiona275190
Jun 19, 2010 7:05 pm
Thank you so much for all your replies. Although I have always lived in the Ferry I never new much about the Barnhill area. It seems to be an area that gets...
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dundee-history@yahoog...
Jul 1, 2010 12:39 pm
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joelpix
Jul 22, 2010 9:53 pm
Would anyone know the origin of the name of Ninewells Hospital? Thank You Joel...
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jeatsax1@...
jeatsax1
Jul 22, 2010 10:23 pm
My granny raised me on the story of the dundee dragon and everything out of Nine wells had it s name origin based on that story. Charlotte from hill street now...
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Ken Anton
lomondfife
Jul 23, 2010 7:40 am
Hi, The area south of the current hospital site has been known as Ninewells for many years before the hospital was built. There are a number of old cottages...
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tis_peter
Jul 23, 2010 2:03 pm
There were a couple of modest detached villas at Ninewells shown in the 1872 OS maps. If you go to http://www.nls.uk/maps/townplans/dundee_2_west.html ...
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John G Duffus
jackieduffus
Jul 24, 2010 8:44 am
Ninewells hospital is indeed named after the area Ninewells. One of my school teachers lived in Ninewells and had one of the wells in her garden. Charlotte...
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jeatsax1@...
jeatsax1
Jul 24, 2010 5:23 pm
No not confused. Know the baldragon story very well. According to my granny the dragon ate the nine maidens at the area later known as ninewells because the...
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John G Duffus
jackieduffus
Jul 24, 2010 7:16 pm
The farmer stayed at Pitempton which is not near Ninewells. John...
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jeatsax1@...
jeatsax1
Jul 24, 2010 7:30 pm
Well john thanks for the info. Y you may have facts but I'm so happy I had a granny who told me stories. All the best to you and yours. Charlotte Sent from my...
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john lowden
realstarblue
Jul 25, 2010 12:03 am
I heard that it was a maiden that killed nine dragons,,,or maybe it was a 9 maidens that killed a dragon, the original count was 10 dragons and then the count...
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Edmund Raphael
edmundraphael
Jul 25, 2010 9:05 am
"Ninewells" I took for granted, as it used to be synonymous with the end of the westward tramway line and the excellent Blackness Nursery of James Lawrie, but...
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dundee-history@yahoog...
Aug 1, 2010 12:36 pm
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