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From c500MM Years Ago to 2022:
From c500MM Years Ago to 2022
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- 1855 All Aboard For Blairgowrie
- 1865 Early Blairgowrie and Rattray Photographers
- 1879 The Blairgowrie 'Drunk Barrow'
- 1880 The Circus is in town!
- 1882 Cycling
All Aboard For Blairgowrie
EARLY BLAIRGOWRIE AND RATTRAY PHOTOGRAPHERS
Photo courtesy of OH Archive
Watch the Birdie!
To have heard a photographer give that instruction you would need to be of a certain age!
Read MoreThe Blairgowrie 'Drunk Barrow'
Photo courtesy of Clare Cooper
The Blairgowrie Drunk Barrow was used to cart those found to be drunk and incapable to the police cells, where they would spend 24 hours or pay a 5 shillings fine. They were named and shamed in the local newspaper The Blairgowrie Advertiser.
Wooden cart used to 'transport' those incapable of getting themselves home!
Read MoreRoll Up! Roll Up! The Circus is in Town!
Circuses would often visit Blairgowrie and Rattray in the second half of the 19th century and through the 20th century, and when the Circus was in town, a Circus Procession involving animals to promote the show was a common sight. (image of Circus procession)
Read MoreCycling
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Welcome to Our Heritage Blairgowrie
25 June 2021 - website launch
We decided to choose 10 local historical events as a start for the website launch - we have 100s to add and will be adding them steadily over the coming months and years!
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