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Bucksburn Lecture

... thanks. Dundee F.G. Officer Dundee Emergency Committee last week appointed Mr Harold Adams, 7 Tay Terrace, BrougMy Ferry, as Fire Guard Staff Officer for Dundee. Mr David Matheson, 23 Froghall Road, Aberdeen, was one of seven the short leet for the post. ...

Published: Thursday 23 October 1941
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 98 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Good News for Banff GOOD news for the burgh ratepayers came from Banff Town Council meeting on Monday night. ..

... their demand and so help the harassed ratepayers. Arrangements were made for the enrolling, training and calling out of the Fire Guard. Sergeant Strachan. A.R.P. instructor, who was present, said 240 persons would be required. They had the call over 300 ...

Published: Thursday 30 October 1941
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 401 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Glenbuchat Social

... clerkess. 39 Walker Road. Aberdeen, admitted in Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Thursday that they had failed to report for training fire guard duties. It was their seventh offence within a year. Sheriff Walker repeated the last penalty by imposing a fine of on each ...

Published: Thursday 16 March 1944
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 133 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Laisser Faire

... Laisser Faire ONE day Sir Walter Citrine makes a speech in Manchester more or less demanding the discontinuance of fire guard precautions. The next night a sneak raider comes out of the clouds over a populous street in the London area and supplies an ...

Published: Thursday 11 November 1943
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 156 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Turning the Heel

... question whether knitting should supplant the time-speeding— not usually ruinous—game of nap. But we do wonder if at, say, a fire guard post Tom and Dick and Harry would care, or dare, to form work party, and —having started level —compete to be the first ...

Published: Thursday 23 September 1943
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 211 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

HEROINE SEES PORTRAIT

... S.A., who a master at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, and the subject is Mrs Marion Patterson, Aberdeen, Britain’s first Fire Guard George Medallist. Mr Sivell travelled from has country home in Kirkcudbrightshire, to see the portrait, and Mrs Patterson ...

Published: Thursday 19 August 1943
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 189 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

In Italian Hands

... y Enrolment) Order, 1942. was before Fraserburgh Town Council on Monday—Provost Thompson in the chair—Mr W. A. Burnett, Fire Guard Staff Officer, said the staff, registered and not registered, were turning out regularly they would be enough to cover the ...

Published: Thursday 10 September 1942
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 245 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Death by Seconds cuing Raid Victim

... pastry. Bake in moderate oven for 30 minutes. AN Aberdeen woman senior fire guard, Mrs Marion Patterson, 1 Littlejohn Street, has made history. She is the first street fire guard in Britain to be awarded a decoration, and that decoration is the George ...

Published: Thursday 10 December 1942
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1634 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Social at Corse

... donations come in a sum of .about £9OO will be available. Peterhead Fire Guard Officership Railings Salvage Survey p ETERHEAD Town Council decided on Monday to advertise for a fire-guard staff officer at a full-time salary of £250 per annum. The Finance ...

Published: Thursday 04 December 1941
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 740 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Farming Diplomas

... carrying out too costly repairs after bomb damage. They were limited to £5OO, and spent £2400. Fire Watch Hours HOME SECURITY officials have solved the puzzle of how fire watchers’ duties are to be reckoned in relation to the changing black-out hours throughout ...

Published: Thursday 16 October 1941
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 728 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

PATROL AREAS

... the man-power available was ascertained. It was also reported that the director of education had asked to what extent the fire guard service in the town could absorb youths between sixteen and eighteen years, who were registering during the next three months ...

Published: Thursday 12 February 1942
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 737 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Ross-Cromarty Committee The Secretary for Scotland has intimated the composition of the new County Agricultural ..

... Mr Robert Gunn, 45 Coach Road, as a member the Council place Mr Peter Mackenzie, who resigned and occupies the position Fire Guard Superintendent. Two other members have resigne —Mr John Henderson and Mr John Ross. Their places will also have to be filled ...

Published: Thursday 04 December 1941
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 283 | Page: 3 | Tags: none