Old photograph of a vintage car outiside the Reres Cinema in Broughty Ferry by Dundee, Scotland. Opened as the Broughty Ferry Picture House in 1916, by Councillor George Greig it was sold to to Arbroath Cinema Company in 1930. It was re-named Reres Picture House in 1953 and closed in 1963. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission. View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.
Old photograph of theatre entertainers in Broughty Ferry by Dundee, Scotland. Broughty Ferry, Scottish Gaelic: Bruach Tatha; Scots: Brochtie, a suburb of Dundee it is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. Broughty Castle sits imposingly at the mouth of the River Tay. Built in 1496 on a rocky promontory, it has faced many sieges and battles. Formerly a prosperous fishing and whaling village, in the 19th century Broughty Ferry became a haven for wealthy jute barons, who built their luxury villas in the suburb. As a result, Broughty Ferry was referred to at the time as the " richest square mile in Europe. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee. Hugh Malcolm was born in Broughty Ferry on 2 May 1917, and educated at Craigflower Preparatory School near Dunfermline and Glenalmond College in Perthshire. He entered the Royal Air Force College Cranwell on 9 January 1936. In January 1938, Malcolm joined 26, Army Co-operation, squadron at Catterick. In May 1939, he suffered a serious head injury in a Westland Lysander crash. By the end of 1941 he had risen to the rank of squadron leader and joined No 18 Squadron as a flight commander, flying the Bristol Blenheim and based in Suffolk, England. Malcolm was a 25 year old Wing Commander commanding 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 4 December, he led a thirteen strong attack on an enemy fighter airfield near Chougui, Tunisia. On reaching the target, however, and starting the attack, the squadron was intercepted by an overwhelming force of enemy fighters from I and II. Gruppen JG 53, and 11 Staffel, JG 2. One by one, all his bombers were shot down, until he himself was shot down in flames. Malcolm's aircraft crashed in flames some 15 miles west of the target. An infantry officer and two other men who arrived at the scene of the crash minutes later retrieved the body of navigator Pilot Officer James Robb. Malcolm, with Robb and gunner Pilot Officer James Grant DFC, were buried in the Beja War Cemetery in a collective grave. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross on 27 April 1943. His was the first Royal Air Force Victoria Cross to be won in North Africa. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission. View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.
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CWGC family information: son of George Nawall Nairn and Edith Tolley Nairn, of "Tircarra," Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire.
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Fern, an 18-month-old boxer, was filmed repeatedly pressing the horn while waiting for her owner to finish browsing an art gallery in Broughty Ferry, near Dundee.
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Broughty Castle, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland. Great Great Grandfather Royal Regiment of Artillery stationed in 1860's where he had 5 children with his wife Elizabeth Reilly Brodie
It seems like yesterday that I took this picture, yet the carefree youngsters in the middle distance will now be in their fifties; the kid in the foreground over 40.
The Grand Theatre - 22 King Street, Broughty Ferry. Date: c.1950s Ref: DCC-SA0880
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