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Articles from our blog relating to Moray History.
We’ve written previously about a Grigor & Young employment contract from the 1850s. This time, it’s about a letter even older than that, possibly with connections to Grigor & Young. Until his recent retirement, John Chalmers helped us as a Law Accountant, feeing up files for us in court-related matters. John’s main hobby is philately. …
On Friday 04 May 2018, the offices of Grigor & Young will close at 12.30pm. We will be going out for lunch to celebrate a few things. There’s the recent conversion of the business to a limited liability partnership. We also celebrate the fact that Greg Robertson has become a member (a “partner”) in the …
What did Robert Burns think of Elgin? And did Bonnie Prince Charlie spend several nights in the town because he took a liking to the place? Answers to these questions and others came up when Moray culture and history featured in the History Scotland: Hidden Histories podcast for 14 January 2018. One of the aims of …
“Mustard & Young, Scavengers, Elgin”. This is how the firm of Grigor & Young was addressed in a letter from a James Robertson of Nairn in March 1911. (At that time, the partners in Grigor & Young were a Mr Mustard and a Mr Young.) Acting on behalf of the Provost, Magistrates and Councillors of …
On 25 February 1854, James Green of Aberlour signed his life away for the next 4 years. Or, to be more exact, his father, William Green, a farmer at Ruthrie, Aberlour, did so on his behalf. From 01 March 1853, James Green had become apprentice to William Grigor and Robert Young – the original “Grigor …
In Moray’s more distant past, there are links to the Romans, Picts and Vikings. MacBeth In 1040, the army of MacBeth – best known as the subject of the Shakespeare tragedy – defeated and killed Duncan I at Pitgaveny, north east of Elgin. Elgin Cathedral On 19 July 1224, the foundation stone of Elgin Cathedral …
The telephone is generally an unavoidable part of daily life, especially in the workplace. The inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, was a “pupil-teacher” at Weston House Academy in Elgin, Moray, during his teenage years in the 1860s. A Moray author has researched and now published a book which reveals “Elgin’s First 100 Phone …
