Timeline

DBH Timeline

1892

May 1

Can Dunoon become ‘Capital of Argyllshire’?

The Dunoon Burgh Police Commissioners draw up a memorandum to the Secretary of State for Dunoon “to be the capital of Argyllshire.”

April 23

Celery Coffee – ‘The great nerve and Brain strengthener’

Celery Coffee – ‘The great nerve and Brain strengthener’ The Argyllshire Standard advert. Credit: Dunoon Observer

1889

August 1

Argyll & Southern Highlanders Dance

Dunoon Burgh Hall hosts the 5th Volunteer Battalion (Princess Louise’s) Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders dance, which took place following a week of training at a volunteer camp at Ardnadam.

1888

June 1

A Piano is Donated (with conditions ‘to protect morals’)

Mr W.W. Mackay of Isabella Villa gave the town a new gas lamp at Ferry Brae, and presented two fountains, one beside the bandstand near the pier and The Loving Hand fountain at the front of the Burgh Hall. Mr W.W. Mackay’s contribution didn’t end there. In 1888 he offered…
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1887

December 31

Annual Supper for the Poor of the Town

The Annual Supper for the Poor of the Town is held in the Burgh Hall on New Year’s Eve by the Good Templar Legion. The Parish Church Sabbath School Soiree is also held at the Burgh Hall.

December 1

Literary Society request prompts laughter

The Literary Society request a reduction of rent for their use of the Commissioners’ Room in the Burgh Buildings. The reduced sum of 4 shillings per night was refused on the basis that ‘it is poor enough if 20 or 30 gentlemen cannot pay two pence or three pence per…
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October 1

Concerns about the cost of gas

The cost of gas in the office of Mr Hunter, the Burgh Treasurer, ‘who was inclined to go out of the building leaving the gas burning’ was discussed by the Police Commissioners.

June 6

Women’s Jubilee Arrangements Discussed

Ladies of the district meet in the lesser Burgh Hall to consider the arrangements for the Women’s Jubilee offering to Queen Victoria.

April 4

Freemasons suggest a rent reduction

The Police Commissioners inquire about meeting in the room occupied by the Freemasons. It is suggested that the Freemasons’ rent be reduced to £10 per annum. The Freemasons themselves suggest £6, on the basis that they had been Burgh Hall tenants for the last twelve years

January 28

George G. Fairlie, Burgh Hall Keeper

George G. Fairlie, Joiner and former Burgh Hall Keeper, Dunoon. Caretaker, period unknown, sometime between 1874 and 1887. George G. Fairlie, Joiner and former Burgh Hall Keeper, Dunoon, died at Greenock on 28 January 1887, age 44. Death listing of George G. Fairlie. Greenock Telegraph 29 January 1887, Born 1843.…
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