This stone was erected by William Brown, in memory of Grace Gordon, his wife, who died at Barncrosh, 20th Dec’r 1825, aged 35 years. Also Thomas Brown, his son, late teacher in Kirkcudbright, who died April 25th 1842, aged 21 years. The above William Brown, died at Borgue Kirk, 19th Dec’r 1846, aged 77 years. The title piece by Robert Sproat is a jaunty account of the outbreak of racism on an estate in North London. Dillon is an ex-skinhead with an engaging but forced grin. Sproat just lets him tell his story, about a graffiti spree which ends in the death of a skinhead, without comment. We are left to try to account for a monstrous hatred which seems almost unconnected with the people who express it, but which, Sproat suggests, is better expressed than expunged. On 21 January 1931, Daisy Sproat married for the third time. Her husband was a widower, Sydney Clarence De Melker, who like her previous two husbands, was a plumber.

This article contains interesting facts, statistics and the history of Scottish Immigration to America. The history of Scottish Immigration to America starts with the correct use of the name. Scottish or Scotch? Both are correct in the United States. In the UK the use of word Scotch for Scots or Scottish is felt to be incorrect, especially when applied to people.Nowhere in the world will you hear a sharper sermon about human frailty this Sabbath night than at the Traverse Theatre where George Dillon ends his run of three performed monologues, Stunning the Punters. In loving memory of Agnes, daughter of William Dalziel, who died at Brighouse Bay, 13th April 1879, aged 1 year and 10 months. Also William, his son, who died at Kempleton, 15th June 1895, aged 22 years. Also Mary Stevenson, wife of William Dalziel, who died at Twynholm Village, 17th February 1917, in her 76th year. Also John, his eldest son, who died at Twynholm Village, 22nd Feb. 1921, aged 50 years. Also the above William Dalziel, who died at Twyholm Village, 30th March 1928, aged 82 years. Also Jane Robertson Dalziel, his elder daughter, who died 10th April 1956 aged 85 years. Fact 10 - 1745: Bonnie Prince Charlie attempts to claim the British throne but is defeated at the Battle of Culloden The De Melker trial lasted thirty days. Sixty witnesses were called for the Crown and less than half this number for the defense. To present the forensic evidence, the Crown employed the services of Dr. J.M. Watt, an expert toxicologist and Professor of Pharmacology at the Witwatersrand University. In summing up, before giving his verdict, the judge pointed out that the Crown had been unable to prove conclusively that Cowle and Sproat had died of strychnine poisoning. "It does not convince me, nor does it convict the accused," he said.[3] In memory of John Robertson, son of Thomas Robertson, who died the 21st Oct’r 1855, aged 5 years. Also of Robert, who died 30th Oct’r 1855, aged 9 years. Also of Jane, his daughter, who died 7th March 1867, aged 16 years. Also of Mary McAdam, wife of Thomas Robertson, who died at Herriesdale, Urr, 6th Feb’y 1897, aged 85 years. Also the above Thomas Robertson, who died at Herriesdale, 4th Jan. 1903, aged 96 years.

Daisy de Melker was a trained nurse who poisoned two husbands with strychnine for their life insurance while living in Germiston in the central Transvaal (now Gauteng), and then poisoned her only son with arsenic for reasons which are still unclear. She is historically the second woman to have been hanged in South Africa. You have been found guilty of the murder of your son, Rhodes Cecil Cowle. Do you have anything to say before I pass sentence of death on you?” A hushed silence fell over the court. Sacred to the memory of Alexander Brown, mariner, who died 22nd March 1834, aged 52 years. A man who had seen much of mankind.Awesome physical control, enviable vocal range and precision, faultless timing, and the ability to effect startling changes of mood almost in mid-sentence are some of the technical attributes demonstrated by the Berkoff-inspired actor George Dillon in his extraordinary one-man triple bill. What gives the show its guts though, is the emotional depth and complex humanity that Dillon also brings to each of the characters he portrays. He said: “He was strange. He was flamboyant in one sense. I have the impression he was actually quite a private man and quite a troubled man. I mean, he was intriguing. Fact 6 - 1609: Presbyterians from the lowlands of Scotland, emigrate to Ireland and become known as the Scots-Irish George Dillon is considered by many to be the finest exponent of Physical Theatre in the UK. In twenty years of occasionally watching him perform, I have seen nothing that would counter that claim. In fact, if anything, his shows continue to improve with time.

And if the three world premieres boil down to a 90-minute one-man show on its way up to Edinburgh, you must bear in mind that the one man is George Dillon. Not everyone will know the name (except, confusingly coincidentally from the title of a John Osborne play) but he is one of the most uncompromisingly compelling performers I have seen.Strychnine Strychnine is a colourless, crystalline powder with an exceptionally bitter taste. It is obtained from Strychos nux vomica and other plants. About one and a half grains (100 Milligrams) constitutes a fatal dose. Although 15 mg of the poison has proved fatal, and toxic symptoms can result from a dose as small as 5 mg. Front) Sacred to the memory of Samuel Brown, late in (illegible), who departed this life 1st April 1805, aged 61 years. And also to the memory of the following his children, viz; Samuel who died December 1777, in infancy. Isaac, who died January 1792, aged 1 year. John, late a surgeon in the 42nd Regiment of Foot, who died in the Island of St Vincents, September 1796, aged 23 years. Margaret, who died June 1797, aged 9 years. And James, the erector of this stone, who died 30th Aprile 1815, aged 28 years. Also William, who died 20th Dec ‘r 1818, aged 34 years.