Social studies project - Aberdeen University - PGDE (Primary)

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7. The carved standing stone in the manse garden, dating from the 9th-10th century is an excellent example of their work

9. He employed himself the task of converting the ‘barbarous people’ to Christianity

12. After the capture and destruction of the Castle of Forfar by Robert the Bruce, it was never rebuilt

15. This is a major attraction and is run by The National Trust for Scotland

18. There is a large number of residential properties

21. There was a bakers and bake house

24. Next to the Butchers was an ironmongers

26. However there is still a range of commercial properties including:

27. The Strathmore Arms Public House and Restaurant

29. Workshops and garages

30. Sand and gravel quarry

31. Architects

33. Glamis was not without its pain, effort and excitement during both the world wars

34. The village war memorial records the names of 31 local men who fell in the Great War

37. Provided the parish and village with a link to the rest of Angus and Scotland

38. In 1838 the Newtyle and Glamis line was opened for passenger traffic

40. All coal arrived by rail, potatoes were shipped to the south and livestock came and went in profusion

41. Passenger trains ran regularly to Forfar, Arbroath, Montrose, Aberdeen and Perth

43. Buses run from Glamis to Forfar, Kirriemuir and Dundee

49. The school was described as flourishing with around 50 scholars

51. This had fallen to 30 in 1962 but had risen again to 85 in 1974

53. The majority of the governors were farmers who perhaps ignored absenteeism in the interest of planting and harvesting

55. In 1946 saw the school milk service initiated

57. The people of the parish were involved in ‘quarrying of grey slate, free stone, dyking stone, mill stone and stones for over soles’

58. Assorted tile and brick making, lime burning, charcoal manufacture and timber works all existed in the parish

60. This activity was concentrated along the Glamis Burn to the south east of the village in the area now know as ‘The Mill’

62. A normal working day stretched for 15 hours and included tasks such as cleaning the kitchen, lighting fires, milking cows, feeding bothy men and churning milk for butter and cheese

64. Eventually, progress to foreman gave them about £30 per year and finally possibly Greive (farm manager) at about £35 per year

66. Life was spartan with long working days and poor foods

67. A married man who worked as a ploughman or cattleman would be provided with a cottage near the main farm

69. The weekly market was poorly supported and eventually ceased, the quarries were worked out and began to close and the flax operation was moved to Dundee

70. In 1894, the estate extended to 22,000 acres in total, with 15,000 acres arable land, 5600 pasture and 2000 acres of woodland

76. The Queen Mother was born Elizabeth Bowes Lyon

78. When Elizabeth was four her grandfather, the 13th Earl died and her father inherited the Earldom, and with it, Glamis Castle

80. On August 21st 1930, Princess Margaret Rose was born at Glamis Castle

81. The first Royal baby to be born in Scotland in over three centuries

83. It is said that Glamis is the most haunted castle in Scotland

85. Sits on the stone seat just inside the Queen Mother’s Sitting room

86. He was renowned for mischief and was often told to sit there for punishment

87. On the coldest night of the winter the boy was forgotten and not dismissed from the seat

88. Sadly, during the night he died

90. Lord Glamis and the Earl of Crawford were begged to stop playing cards as the clock struck midnight on a Saturday evening

91. They disobeyed the request and the Devil appeared and their doomsday had come

95. It is a five star tourist attraction

96. It hosts:

97. Shops: selling a wide range of local gifts, souvenirs, books, antiques, paintings by local artists, knitwear, plants, clothing and Scottish produce