McD Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Built as the Wallace works in by John and Alexander Shields in 1851. It had 900 looms concentrating on linen by 1900, and I think they were still operating until a refit in the 1960s My source has Mitchell Cotts and Co of London taking it over in 1954, but continuing to trade under the Shields name. Purchased by James Scott and Sons in 1960, which became Tay Textiles later in the decade. Production had changed to jute. Finally shut down as Don & Low. Would have been much better keeping the facade of that building than the eysore that is TK Maxx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby kemp Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Finally shut down as Don & Low. Would have been much better keeping the facade of that building than the eysore that is TK Maxx. AH! Don&Low . . . .good call.. . . i thought it was Bonar for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Burghsaintee Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Perfect. When I think of the Buckie Braes I do think of that bridge, as well as the swings etc further up from there. There was a big area where people had sausage sizzles (pre Barbeque days) in the middle which I remember as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldosbaby Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 eh,. . well done, i knew they were well within your capabilities. there will be lots of people unaware of a bandstand on the inch. [i hope they arent computer enhanced photos and are the real Mcoy] not that i am doubting you. does anyone know when this was knocked down as i mind playing on it but my folks say:laugh: it was gone before i was born??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Remberbuck Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) I used to stay in one of the wee cottages up Buckie Braes. We left when I was about 4 years old in 1964/5. Do you have any of the cottages or of the Buckie Braes. Am I right that these cottages were part of the Dupplin Estate and that Lord Forteviot refused to allow them TV as the ariels would spoil the look? Or just a rural myth. Edited October 1, 2009 by Remberbuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH1 LAD Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 this is my favourite thread. i love auld perth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25e Ainslie Place Posted October 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) . Edited January 19, 2010 by 25e Ainslie Place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghsaintee Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Am I right that these cottages were part of the Dupplin Estate and that Lord Forteviot refused to allow them TV as the arials would spoil the look? Or just a rural myth. I like what you did there - urban/rural:laugh: They were certainly owned by Lord Forteviot at that time. Dad worked on East Lamberkin Farm and it was a tied cottage. When we left, we did not have a TV, as there was only a gas supply, and no electricity:shock: As to whether it was because Lord Forteviot did not want to spoil the view, I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Remberbuck Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) Right, big tease this time. View over Low Road across the road from the cottages mentioned at 201. The road in the middle distance to the right is an old drove road that now goes up to the golf clubhouse. The large cottage in the foreground intrigues however. I have seen a photograph of what was described as an old drove house on that road that later collapsed under a snow fall sometime in the 1930s. I always thought that was further along the route to Craigie, but I wonder if this is it. That would put the photo back to the late 1920s or so, and I would have expected to see a bit of the new academy in the top left if it was later. The Buckie Braes cottages were 1930s, as was the large white bungalow - Oakbank View? - which should appear to the left between Oakbank road and Glasgow Road? Prepared to be shot down in flames by the answer. Edited October 1, 2009 by Remberbuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lethamsaintee Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Any of McQuibbans Buildings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25e Ainslie Place Posted October 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) . Edited January 19, 2010 by 25e Ainslie Place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Ziggy Stardust Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Can anybody join in? Pinched these a while ago from a Scotland's Cinemas website. Anybody remember the GB Club on Saturday mornings when it was the Odeon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25e Ainslie Place Posted October 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) . Edited January 19, 2010 by 25e Ainslie Place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Any of McQuibbans Buildings? Where/what are McQuibban's Buildings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE LARK SAINT Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 i am sure they traded as bonar from there. don and lowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remberbuck Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Short lived grocer - 1889-1892 - at 4 Victoria Street. Magnus Jackson photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulfulsaint Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Brilliant photo of Cherrybank, from I would guess somewhere on Craigie Hill Golf Course. Looks like Cherrybank garage is still selling petrol, and the tenements on Glasgow Road are still standing, so I'll go 1968 this time. Oh, the Academy dinner hall is built. Anyone going to own up to "Kerr's Cafe" and the spray painting? Not me guv'. Ok if you insist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Ziggy Stardust Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) Mate of mine whipped this from the bogs under the main stand, last day at Muirton Park. I swear you can still detect the faint whiff of pish from it. Edited October 1, 2009 by Saint Ziggy Stardust Cropped pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulfulsaint Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Short lived grocer - 1889-1892 - at 4 Victoria Street. Magnus Jackson photo? Believe Magnus Jackson was one of the great horticultural photographers of the world Buck? Any details on him? He also took some of the greatest Victorian pics of the Irish poor in Perth, around Meal Vennel and Scott Street. Welcome info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remberbuck Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 12 February 1895. One of a series of posed photos. The pony sledge owner, James Reid, and photographer, guess who, set up stall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulfulsaint Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Mate of mine whipped this from the bogs under the main stand, last day at Muirton Park. I swear you can still detect the faint whiff of pish from it. ...is it for sale? The sign not a vague smell of pish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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