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Sir Leslie Joseph. Ex-Major Joseph became an amusement park entrepreneur who devised popular water chutes. The first was at Coney Beach (Porthcawl) in 1936. The Porthcawl chute was followed after the war by larger rides at Battersea Fun Fair (London, 1956), Belle Vue (Manchester, 1957) and the Kursaal (Southend-on-Sea, 1958). He became Managing Director of the Festival Pleasure Gardens in 1951 and was knighted in 1952. In April 1956 he gained, along with restaurant magnate Charles Forte, control of the Belle Vue Zoological Gardens for ?200,000. The 68 acre location contained a major zoo, a 30,000 capacity stadium, the 7,000 seat King's Hall (used for circuses), the 600 ft long exhibition hall and restaurants.
Reference: 45393b
Sir Leslie Joseph. Ex-Major Jo...
Sir Leslie Joseph. Ex-Major Joseph became an amusement park entrepreneur who devised popular water chutes. The first was at Coney Beach (Porthcawl) in 1936. The Porthcawl chute was followed after the war by larger rides at Battersea Fun Fair (London, 1956), Belle Vue (Manchester, 1957) and the Kursaal (Southend-on-Sea, 1958). He became Managing Director of the Festival Pleasure Gardens in 1951 and was knighted in 1952. In April 1956 he gained, along with restaurant magnate Charles Forte, control of the Belle Vue Zoological Gardens for ?200,000. The 68 acre location contained a major zoo, a 30,000 capacity stadium, the 7,000 seat King's Hall (used for circuses), the 600 ft long exhibition hall and restaurants.
Reference: 45393a
Sir Leslie Joseph. Ex-Major Jo...
Miss Fraser, Royal Army Medical Corps, Voluntary Aid Detachment.
Reference: 40609b
Miss Fraser, Royal Army Medica...
Miss Fraser, Royal Army Medical Corps, Voluntary Aid Detachment.
Reference: 40609a
Miss Fraser, Royal Army Medica...
Macrae & Dick Taxi Booking Office in Station Square, the site now occupied by Mail Boxes Etc., with Ben Wyvis Kilts upstairs. The train station building is on the right. On the left are the offices of McGruther & Marshall Ltd, coal and cement merchants and shipping agents. *
Reference: 3892
Macrae & Dick Taxi Booking...
Mackinlays & Birnie Ltd. Glen Albyn Distillery, Muirtown Basin, Inverness. Established by Inverness Provost James Sutherland in 1846. Closed during 1917-1919 and used as a US naval base, until acquired by Mackinlays & Birnie (of Glen Mhor) in 1920. Closed down in 1983 and knocked down in 1988 for a supermarket development.*
Reference: 3523b
Mackinlays & Birnie Ltd. G...
Murchison, Applecross. November 1946 copy.
Reference: 189
Murchison, Applecross. Novembe...
Mr A.M Duffus, Golspie. Copy.
Reference: H-0233
Mr A.M Duffus, Golspie. Copy....
Mr Cameron. Believed to be a group of officers of 6th Battalion The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in late 1917, including two reinforcements from the London Scottish.
Reference: 31683
Mr Cameron. Believed to be a g...
Miss Bethune, Beaufort Road, Inverness.
Reference: 31656
Miss Bethune, Beaufort Road, I...
Edward Rosslyn Mitchell (1879-1965). Politician who as Member of Parliament represented the constituency of Paisley in the House of Commons from 1924 to 1929. He sat as a Labour Party MP, but had earlier unsuccessfully stood for the Liberal Party. He stood as Liberal candidate in Buteshire the December 1910 general election. He was Labour candidate for Glasgow Central against Prime Minister Bonar Law at the 1922 general election and the 1923 general election. He was elected the Member of Parliament for Paisley in 1924, beating former Prime Minister HH Asquith. He stood down in 1929. His portrait by Andrew Paterson was exhibited in the 1930s.
Reference: 24668
Edward Rosslyn Mitchell (1879-...
Sister Philomena.
Reference: 45488b
Sister Philomena. ...