The Tollbooth (prison) at the end of the High Street in Perth was used to lock up those people arrested by the Local Constabulary; Cowan, The Ancient Capital of Scotland Volume 1 – describes the jailing of the Town Treasurer in the Tollbooth. The Tollbooth stood opposite the Council Chamber Hangings took […]
See also: https://madeinperth.org/additional-material-on-the-suffragette-movement-in-perthshire/ March 2016: New housing development in Friarton area of Perth has two streets named after suffragettes held in Perth Prison, namely Frances Gordon Road and Ethel Moorhead Place. In the 1860s there begun in Britain activity towards the achievement of the parliamentary franchise for women that included […]
Roll of Honorary Burgesses admitted in Perth since 1833 1833 Laurence Oliphant of Condie MP 1835 Fox Maule MP 1837 A Kinnaird 1841 Mr Wallace (of Kelly) MP 1842 Prince Albert 1843 Richard Cobden MP 1847 Grand Duke Constantine of Russia 1852 Lord John Russell 1853 Lord Palmerston 1861 General […]
In early times water was obtained from the river, from the lade or from ‘natural wells’. 1751 – The Town Council recommends that a pump be placed at the North Shore with a lead pipe into the river for conveying water to the pump. 1762 – Patrick McGillivrie offers to […]
17 May 1849 – Perth city carters organised a one-day strike to protest against the impact that the railways was having on their livelihood, and to demand that the city corporation provide relief. 2 May 1855 – Masons in Perth went on strike for increase in their wages, which they […]
Towards the end of the 18th century , inspired by the American and French Revolution and the publication of Thomas Paine’s The Rights of Man, political reform societies were established across Britain; Paine’s work became very popular in Perth. In April 1792 a group of young Whigs founded The Society of the […]
“Between 1770 and 1830, the Tories were the dominant force in the House of Commons. The Tories were strongly opposed to increasing the number of people who could vote. However, in November, 1830, Earl Grey, a Whig, became Prime Minister. Grey explained to William IV that he wanted to introduce […]
‘Not to a Fanfare of Trumpets’ Perth Museum and Art Gallery Thursday May 10th 2007 “Not to a fanfare of trumpets, Nor even the skirl o’ the pipes. Not for the offer oe a shilling, Nor to see their names up in lights. Their call was a cry of anguish, […]
They clung like burrs to the long express that lurch Through the unjust lands, through the night, through the alpine tunnel. They floated over the oceans; They walked the passes; they came to present their lives. W.H. Auden, Spain 1937 Perthshire and the Spanish Civil War George Bisset, Edward Rae […]
Colonial Governor and Imperialist born of a family the Bruces of Blairhall, Kinross and Arnot; Charles Bruce was born in Roncally in Bengal 13 October 1836. As such he saw colonial service between 1868 and 1903 as follows: East Mauritius and Ceylon – Rector of the Royal College, Mauritius (1868) […]