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Category: Timeline Stories
All timeline stories.
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150 Years of Dunoon Burgh Hall
Dunoon Burgh Hall, now restored as a Community Arts Centre, Shop, and Cafe, celebrated 150 years since its opening today.
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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...
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Argyll & Southern Highlanders Dance
Dunoon Burgh Hall hosts the 5th Volunteer Battalion (Princess Louise’s) Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders dance, which took place following a...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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A School Christmas Concert & New Year Revelry
Dunoon Public School Seniors hold a Christmas concert. ‘The Burgh Hall was densely filled, pupils on a platform extended into...
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A Hall-keeper is appointed
A Hall-keeper is appointed for the Burgh Buildings. 20 applications were received and Mr Thomas Thomson, Slater, was appointed.
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James Duncan of Benmore receives thanks
At a meeting of the Police Commissioners, James Duncan Esq of Benmore was thanked for opening up his picture gallery...
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Lamplighters are working efficiently
Minutes of a Police Commissioners’ meeting in the Burgh Hall note that: ‘Three lamplighters returned to the Burgh Hall after...
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Needlework Exhibition reported in the Cowal Watchman
An exhibition of needlework takes place in the Lesser Burgh Hall, a room on the building’s ground floor (now The...
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Dunoon Musical Association Secular Concert
A Secular Concert is held in the Burgh Hall, organised by Dunoon Musical Association. Admission to all parts of the...
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Land donated as site for a Burgh Hall
John MacArthur Moir of Milton and Hillfoot donates land at Gallowhill in Dunoon for the building of a Burgh Hall....
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Money raised to build a Burgh Hall
A Public Notice in the Argyllshire Standard notifies Dunoon residents of the Commissioners intention to borrow the sum of £20,000...
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Dunoon Burgh Hall is officially opened
On 25th June 1874, just 9 months after the foundation stone was installed, Dunoon Burgh Hall opens with a sumptuous...
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A Medical Officer is appointed for the Burgh
Sanitation and water supply are discussed by the Commissioners at meetings in the Burgh Hall. The Commissioners appoint Dr Banks...
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A Burgh Surveyor is appointed
The Police Commissioners appoint a full time Surveyor to take charge of the Water Works and to act as a...