Education in Shandon

WITNESS (EDINBURGH), WEDNESDAY 25TH AUGUST 1847 Teacher wanted. For the Free Church School, Shandon, parish of Row. Salary, exclusive of allowance from education fund, school fees, an excellent free school, and schoolmaster’s house, L25 per annum. A good teacher would readily obtain private teaching. Apply immediately to Mr D T McLellan, Cragmore, Shandon, b Helensburgh.Continue reading “Education in Shandon”

Obituaries for Dr James Walker Downie

Attached are 2 obituaries for Dr James Walker Downie, one more general that appeared in the national newspapers and one more academic and career-orientated that appeared in the British Medical Journal. *************** THE ABERDEEN DAILY JOURNAL SATURDAY JULY 23, 1921 OBITUARY. DR WALKER DOWNIE. Dr Walker Downie, who died at Cragmhor, Shandon, on Thursday night,Continue reading “Obituaries for Dr James Walker Downie”