tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44877666021616490032024-02-19T12:52:20.013+10:00The Artistic Adventures of Thomas DudgeonThis blog follows the life of Thomas Dudgeon Esq., my Great Great Grandfather, c1805-1880, and his artistic and family legacy.Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-77155198405186419462020-12-04T15:57:00.001+10:002024-01-15T18:04:39.775+10:00Thomas's family and friends<p> After nearly 40 years of researching Thomas Dudgeon the
Artist I have taken it upon myself to try and shed some light on the people in
Thomas’s life that may have had some influence on a personal level not just his
professional career. To do this, my
starting point must undoubtedly be the memoirs of Ellen Stella Dudgeon which
she kindly put to paper many years ago. </p><p><span></span></p><a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/12/thomass-family-and-friends.html#more">Read more »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c) 2014 Copyright by Hope Pauline McNee, All Rights Reserved.
</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-69039041335052772032020-10-13T09:11:00.105+10:002024-01-15T18:05:52.381+10:00The Final Artistic Adventures of Thomas Dudgeon, Esq. b.1805 - d.1880 (14)<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">On the 14th October, 1880, my Great Great Grandfather, Thomas Dudgeon died in Glasgow, Scotland. This is exactly 140 years ago to the day, which I thought was worth mentioning here. So as Neil and I publish this post, I am quite taken with the significance of no. 14 today as this is also the 14th chapter of his story that we have written. Perhaps numerologists would make something of all of that. Neil McNee has written most of this story, and I have edited it and added the references. Here is Thomas's final chapter.</span></p><p><span></span></p><a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-final-artistic-adventures-of-thomas.html#more">Read more »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c) 2014 Copyright by Hope Pauline McNee, All Rights Reserved.
</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-11526235153388998422020-10-12T16:45:00.007+10:002024-01-15T18:07:34.949+10:00The Great Diorama of Ireland and Ireland: it's scenery, music and antiquities, 1865(12)<p> Belfast, Ireland in 1865, and the moving picture scenes called Dioramas have become the fashionable entertainment to headline in theatres and halls. Thomas Dudgeon was one of the team of artists commissioned to create dioramas for the 1865 Christmas theatre season in Ireland and travelled there to re-paint the <i>Great Diorama of Ireland</i>, later renamed<i> Ireland: its scenery, music, and antiquities </i>for the new show.</p><p><span></span></p><a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-great-diorama-of-ireland-12.html#more">Read more »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c) 2014 Copyright by Hope Pauline McNee, All Rights Reserved.
</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-20292658111287262122020-10-12T16:35:00.011+10:002024-01-15T18:08:40.193+10:00Bishop Auckland and Theatre Corner 1871 (11)<h3 style="text-align: left;"> <i style="text-align: center;"><b>Bishop Auckland 1871</b></i></h3>Thomas isn't a resident in the house at 331 Georges Street, Glasgow, Scotland with Agnes Pollock and the children, on the evening of the 1871 Census, he is working in Bishop Auckland, England.<span></span><a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/10/bishop-auckland-and-theatre-corner-1871.html#more">Read more »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c) 2014 Copyright by Hope Pauline McNee, All Rights Reserved.
</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-61808225481294890202020-10-12T16:26:00.005+10:002024-01-18T17:37:15.320+10:00Paisley (9)<p>Paisley or the Paisley pattern, is the English term originating from Paisley, in Renfrewshire, Scotland, for a textile design using the boteh or buta, a droplet-shaped vegetable motif, which originates from Persia. Before I begin the story of the Dudgeons in Paisley, the Glasgow chapter needs to be closed for a while.</p><span></span><a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/10/paisley-9.html#more">Read more »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c) 2014 Copyright by Hope Pauline McNee, All Rights Reserved.
</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-16070335965926158202020-10-12T16:03:00.019+10:002020-10-12T16:13:36.183+10:00 James Plunkett and the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot soldiers (10)<p> <b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">James Plunkett and Agnes McIndoe Pollock </b></p><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">When Granny Delandelles wrote her diary she had the best interests of her family at heart, and was trusting in what she had been told by her Father and Mother. She was also relying on memory regarding a lot of her experiences as a child, before emigrating to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>. The 1871 Scotland Census, sheds a very different light on some aspects of Granny's account of her parent's relationship, and her Mother's life before she met Thomas Dudgeon. It was the Victorian era that they lived in, and people went to extraordinary lengths to protect their reputation within both the family and society. Characters within a family were often romanticised as a cover up, and this fabricated persona was inevitably handed down through the generations enriching the family’s story. Women were also extremely vulnerable, often marrying for the security for their family, as the threat and onset of poverty had dreadful repercussions such as living in the Poorhouse.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Granny was told that <b>Agnes Dudgeon nee Wales</b> (Thomas's wife), had died when Thomas met Granny's mother, Agnes McIndoe Plunkett, nee Pollock, and that consequently Thomas was a widower when Granny was born in 1868. To put it simply, that isn't true. The 1871 Census confirms that Agnes Dudgeon was still alive, in 1871. Thomas had been working in <st1:place w:st="on">Paisley</st1:place> on a regular basis since 1864 at the Glover theatres, and we can presume that his marriage to Agnes fell apart either before or during that period. In 1871, Agnes Dudgeon<b>,</b> is living by herself at <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:street w:st="on">188 Cowcaddens Street</st1:street>, <st1:city w:st="on">Milton</st1:city></st1:address>, Glasgow as the Head of the house, aged 64. She died on 6th November, 1878, aged 72, 10 years after Granny was born to Thomas and Agnes Pollock. Her Death Certificate recorded the following information:-<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Agnes Dudgeon, Married to Thomas Dudgeon, Theatre Scene Painter, died on 6th November, 1878 at 5 Cowcaddens Street, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:city></st1:place>. Her parents were Alexander Wales, Coachman (deceased), and Margaret Wales nee M. S. Drysdale (deceased). She died of Old Age, and Debility at 72 years. Thomas was present, witnessed the death, signed the certificate and signed it as Widower.</span></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">(1878. Deaths in the District of Blythswood in the Borough of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:city></st1:place>, p. 213).<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">James Plunkett:-</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><b><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">As Granny recalls in her diary, Captain James Plunkett was in the 29th Foot Regiment:-<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><b><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">It was told to me after my father's death .....that he had been in love with my mother's mother and his people would not let him marry her, but when his first wife died he went back to look for his old sweetheart and found she had died and left a family of boys and one girl who had married Captain James Plunkett of an old Irish family and he had been in the 29th Foot Regiment and had been killed in in India. She had a little daughter. She was only 19 when her husband was killed so my father persuaded </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">her</span></i></b><br /><b><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">to marry him, though he was old enough to be her father, but his two girls by his first wife never forgave him for my mother was younger than they were. </span></i></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">(Extract from Granny's diary)</span> <br /><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> From the 31st August 1782, the Regiment was titled the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot following a royal warrant to confer county titles on all regiments that did not already have a special title. The details of James Plunkett's association with the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment differ with what Granny wrote in her memoirs, however she couldn't be expected to remember his service record, even if she had been told the correct information. On the 28th February, 1859, the companies of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment, received their orders to come together at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Shergati</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>. On the 3rd May, 1859, the Regiment embarked on board either the "Clasmerden" on the 3rd May, 1859 or the "Gypsy Bride" on the 16th May, 1859, arriving at Portsmouth, England, in 1859, on the 18th and the 29th September respectively. However, James Plunkett is not part of the returning regiment from <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>, as he is about to join them in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Four years earlier, on the 5th March, 1855, in a small village called Boyle nestled below the <st1:placename w:st="on">Curlew</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Mountains</st1:placetype> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Roscommon</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region></st1:place>, a 15 year old boy is preparing to enlist in the 93rd Roscommon Militia. James Plunkett, born to his proud Irish Father, James Plunkett Senior, in 1839, and a survivor of the famous 1847 to 1849 Irish potato famine, is fulfilling a family tradition by firstly signing on as a volunteer with the 93rd Roscommon Militia. In 1855, the Militia records attached to the Chelsea Pensioner's documents, described him as a lad of fresh complexion, five foot five and three quarter inches in height and with light blue eyes. His training with the Roscommon Militia was just a stepping stone for his entry into the regular army. In April 1858, he was granted permission to leave the 93rd Roscommon Militia to join the regular army on the provision that if he failed to be accepted he must return and complete his service with the 93rd. He left the 93rd Roscommon Militia and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region> on the 20th April, 1858, was attested at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Portsmouth</st1:city>,<st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region></st1:place>, and given the rank of Private with the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot on the 22nd April, 1858 after completing his training. Private James Plunkett then joined rank with the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot soldiers on their return from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>, a battle hardened and war weary outfit very much deserving of some rest and recreation. One can only presume that this was an exciting, but also very anxious and eye opening experience for a young 19 year old, who had grown up living in a country village in Roscommon, Ireland, and still inexperienced in the tragedies of war.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">When the 1861 Census was recorded, the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot, was stationed at North Camp, Farnborough, Hampshire in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region></st1:place>. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">James Plunkett is listed in the Census, as a soldier, the rank of Private, aged 21, born 1840 in </span><st1:place style="font-size: 13.5pt;" w:st="on">Ireland</st1:place><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">, and still unmarried. The 2nd division of the (Worcestershire) Regiment, under Major Walker, consisting of Nos. 2, 7 10, and part of No. 6, proceeded to Liverpool, and then onto Glasgow arriving on the 28th May, 1862.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">( I am presuming at this point, because of the Paisley connection, that James was enlisted with the 2nd Division of the 29th Regiment of Foot.) According to H. Everard, and articles in the Glasgow Herald, they were still in the </span><st1:place style="font-size: 13.5pt;" w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:place><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> area in August 1863.</span> <br /><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Annie McIndoe Pollock/Plunkett, would have been conceived in March-April 1863, to be born at the end of December, 1863. It was common at the time for soldiers stationed in an area, to be billeted out to local families, and this was the case with the 29th (Worcestershire) Foot Regiment, when the Glasgow Barracks were occupied by other soldiers. This is possibly how James Plunkett and Agnes Pollock met, when he was billeted out in <st1:place w:st="on">Paisley</st1:place>, whilst the Glasgow Barracks were occupied. The following excerpt discusses the movements of the 2nd Division of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot:-<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The 2nd Division, under Major Walker, consisting of Nos. 2, 7, 10 and part of No. 6, arrived at Glasgow on the 28th (May, 1862), when Nos. 2 and 7, under command of Captain Chester, proceeded by rail to Paisley, where they were stationed till the 5th of June (1862), when they returned to head-quarters in consequence of the Renfrew Militia being ordered to occupy those barracks during their annual training. These companies returned to their former quarters on the 9th July.</span></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="http://www.forgottenbooks.org/readbook_text/History_of_Thos_1000445443/517"><span style="background: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">http://www.forgottenbooks.org/readbook_text/History_of_Thos_1000445443/517</span></a>, ( Accessed 23rd April, 2014).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The depressed state of the Scottish cotton and weaving industry and the unemployment which resulted during this period in history can’t be overlooked. During the 18<sup>th</sup> century, <st1:city w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:city> was the major Scottish port through which tobacco was shipped en route from <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region> to <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>. During the American War of <st1:city w:st="on">Independence</st1:city> from 1775 to 1783, and afterwards, the tobacco trade in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region> declined, and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Scotland</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s economy suffered as a result. Economic investment in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region></st1:place> was diverted into cotton. In the 1860s, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Americas</st1:country-region> political situation continued to adversely affect <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region></st1:place>. The American Civil War from 1861-1865 resulted in the collapse of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region>’s cotton industry, as supplies of raw cotton from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> were cut off, reducing profits. Reinvestment in spinning suffered. The Cotton Famine forced the transition from textiles to heavy industry in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region></st1:place> with dramatic implications for the Scottish mill workers, the economy and Scottish society, leading to serious industrial and political disputes which had continued to rumble from the 18<sup>th</sup> century. In 1856, there were 21,762 males and 53,806 females over the age of 13 employed in textile factories. There were still significant numbers of children under the age of 13 employed in textile factories in the second half of the century, with 1120 children under 13 recorded as working in 1856. (blog.findmypast.co.uk/articles/weaving-and-the-textile-industry). In 1857, 55 cotton-spinning firms were listed in the Glasgow Directory, and only 44 in 1864. (Fraser, W.H. and Maver, I., 1996).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">On the 19th October, 1862, whilst the American Civil War was still raging in it’s second year, a large benefit concert took place at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">City Hall</st1:placetype></st1:place>, with the intention that half the proceeds would be donated to the unemployed cotton mill worker operatives. Agnes may have been unemployed by this stage, this is difficult to confirm, and she could have been at the fundraising event. However in 1864, Agnes Pollock was presumably employed as a cotton mill worker in Calton, as recorded on the 1864 Birth Certificate of her daughter, Annie McIndoe Pollock..<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">(Annie McIndoe Pollock's birth is recorded as being Illegitimate on 31st December, 1863 to Agnes Pollock, Mill Worker. <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">58 Struthers Street</st1:address></st1:street>, Calton, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:city></st1:place>. Mother, Agnes Pollock. Her X mark (as signature) </span></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The benefit concert was organised by Signor G. Operti, a pianist, and was held under the patronage of the Honourable the Lord Provost of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:city></st1:place>, who was present along with Lieutenant-Colonel Farrington and officers of the 29th Regiment. The papers reported that attendance was disappointing given that it was for such a good cause. <i>"The fine band of the 29th Regiment performed several military arrangements of some well-known compositions in good style, such as the overture to Zampa and Guillaume Tell, the finale of the latter being given with spirit and precision ". (</i><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:city></st1:place> Herald, 20th. Oct., 1862.) By this time, it seems obvious that the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:city></st1:place> community </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">would have been very aware that the 29th Battalion soldiers were in town.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">By the 7th March, 1863, the 29th Regiment were all installed at the Glasgow Barracks, home of the 3d Lanark Volunteer Corps, prior to celebrations being planned later in the week for the marriage of H.R.H the Prince of Wales with the Princess Alexandra of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Denmark</st1:country-region></st1:place> on 10th March, 1863. On the 7th March 1863, Lieut.-Colonel Dreghorn, Commanding 3d Lanark Rifle Volunteer Corps in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:city></st1:place>, wrote to Major Hales Wilkie, commanding officer of the 29th Regiment. This followed on from the Magistrates of Glasgow and the Lord Provost offering 200 pounds to the Volunteers, "for the purpose of regaling themselves on the occasion of the marriage of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales with the Princess Alexandra, on Tuesday next." Lieut.-Colonel Dreghorn then generously offered out of the donation, to Major Wilkie, for the 29th Regiment, a sum equivalent to one shilling for each man in the regiment who would also be expected </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">to be present at the review on the Glasgow Green on the occasion of the wedding the following Tuesday. This offer was very gratefully accepted by Major Wilkie on behalf of the 29th Regiment. On the 12th March, Lieut.-Colonel D. Dreghorn, sent Major Wilkie the sum of 18 pounds, 16s., for the use of the 29th Regiment on the Royal occasion. (Glasgow Herald, 13th March, 1863).</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><br /><div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMQGSO_BtrovauIadq6ABiGT4S3J42ec7CGQaOIXEdkWDX0IS5VGp7vsYAkGbSxUMNA3IBiXHKg4b_yvhatk1Vl_eZVKKPfq9gnAUPELVvbbW77qGKTdtwC5Ko8NGLR53FhkgEZo0rjg/s1600/20150414_121333.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMQGSO_BtrovauIadq6ABiGT4S3J42ec7CGQaOIXEdkWDX0IS5VGp7vsYAkGbSxUMNA3IBiXHKg4b_yvhatk1Vl_eZVKKPfq9gnAUPELVvbbW77qGKTdtwC5Ko8NGLR53FhkgEZo0rjg/s640/20150414_121333.jpg" width="412" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Photo: Uniforms of the 29</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 18px;"> (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot. Private: Full Dress; Officer: Undress – Blue Patrol, Adjuctant; Drill Order, 1876. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Watercolours from Everard’s book, “History of Thos Farrington’s Regiment”, painted theGrandson of Sir Joshua Reynolds, portrait painter to 18</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> century London Society. Photo of watercolour taken by PaulineandNeil McNee with kind permission of Mercian Regiment Museum as original published watercolours are now exempt from Copyright.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">It was around the time of the Royal celebrations, that James Plunkett and Agnes Pollock were together and Annie McIndoe Pollock, was conceived. At this time, Royal Wedding fever was paramount in </span><st1:country-region style="font-size: 13.5pt;" w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. </span><st1:city style="font-size: 13.5pt;" w:st="on">Glasgow </st1:city><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">was embracing the Royal celebrations with no expense spared, the city was illuminated brilliantly by everyone, and </span><st1:city style="font-size: 13.5pt;" w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:city><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> was one big party. We should remember that at this time, Thomas was also embracing the Royal celebrations in </span><st1:city style="font-size: 13.5pt;" w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:city><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> with his Masonic brethren. On the day of the Royal wedding, The Lodge "Royal Order" met at half-past one at St. Mark's Lodge, and over cake and wine they toasted the health and happiness of the Prince and Princess with true Masonic enthusiasm. (G.H., March 11, 1863)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Unfortunately, all parties must come to an end. The 29<sup>th</sup> Foot Regiment left <st1:city w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:city> on the 21<sup>st</sup> April, 1863 en route to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region>, where they relocated to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dublin</st1:city></st1:place>, and then marched to The Curragh on 27<sup>th</sup> April.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">On the 21<sup>st</sup> of April, 1863, the 1<sup>st</sup> Division of the regiment, under Major Wilkie, on the 27<sup>th</sup>, the head-quarters, under command of Lieut.-Colonel Farrington, on the 4<sup>th</sup> May, the 3<sup>rd</sup> division under Captain Wm. Boycott, and on the 11<sup>th</sup> of May, the 4<sup>th</sup> division under Major Clarke, proceeded by the “Lord Clyde” steamer from Glasgow to Dublin, en route to the Curragh, where on arrival they were quartered in huts in C. Square. </span></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. (Everard, H. History of the Farrington’s Regiment, 1891, p. 504). </span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Private James Plunkett would have been unaware that following their affair, Annie Pollock was pregnant with his child.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Meanwhile, by the 1871 Census, <b>Agnes McIndoe Plunkett, nee Pollock,</b> (Granny's mother), born in Paisley, Renfrew, is living in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:place></st1:city> at <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">332 St. George's Square</st1:address></st1:street>. Her first born daughter, listed on her Birth Certificate in 1863 as Annie McIndoe Pollock, is later recorded in the 1871 Census as Annie McIndoe Plunkett, presumably due to Agnes's conceived marriage to (Captain) James Plunkett. A record of this marriage has not been found, and despite the illegitimacy on Annie's Birth Certificate, the surname change to Plunkett on the 1871 Census confirms that Agnes considered Private James Plunkett to be the father. However, it seems certain that they didn't marry. It also appears from the X mark in the signature box on Annie's Birth Certificate, that Agnes couldn't sign her name, and was illiterate. As a textile mill worker in <st1:place w:st="on">Paisley</st1:place>, that was normal. Perhaps she was able to read, however that is difficult to determine. Agnes came to refer to Annie's father as Captain James Pollock even though Worcester Military records confirm he was a Private and not an Officer, and as it was very important for a young woman in the Victorian Era to be considered respectable, she also told the family that they were married, a romantic story that continued through the generations to the present day.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><br /><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The evenings of the Scottish 1871 Census, either on the 2nd or 3rd April, recorded the following as the residents at home at 332 Georges Street, Glasgow:-<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Agnes Plunkett - Wife - Married - Aged 26 - Born <st1:place w:st="on">Paisley</st1:place>, Renfrewshire<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Annie McI Plunkett - daughter - Aged 7 - Scholar - Born Glasgow, Lanarkshire<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Thomas Dudgeon, jnr. - Boarder - Aged 19 - Panoramic Assistant - unemployed (Thomas's illegitimate son)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Eleanor Dudgeon - daughter - Aged 3<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"></span><br /><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">(Ellen Dudgeon, "Granny" is actually misquoted as Eleanor in the census, an understandable mistake.)</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">Also note that Agnes is recorded as Agnes Plunkett, not Pollock or Dudgeon, despite there being no evidence of Agnes and James Pollock being married previously.<br /><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 3pt 4.5pt 4.5pt;"><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Annie McIndoe Pollock's birth is recorded as being Illegitimate on 31st December, 1863 to Agnes Pollock, Mill Worker. <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">58 Struthers Street</st1:address></st1:street>, Calton, Glasgow. Mother, Agnes Pollock. Her X mark (as signature) </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">According to the Chelsea Pensioner's British Army service records 1760-1913, after his relationship with Agnes, James Plunkett went on to serve in Malta, Canada and the West Indies. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The military records indicate that James went to Norton Barracks in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Worcester</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region></st1:place> in 1879, for discharge, which became effective on the 10th of July, 1880. He indicated that he would return to Boyle, Rosscommon as his intended place of residence. On his discharge he is described as having fresh complexion, height 5 foot 4 and a half inches in height, hair light, trade labourer, scars none, eyes blue and 41 years and 9 months of age. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Finally, on his return to </span><st1:country-region style="font-size: 13.5pt;" w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> on the 25th November, 1881, he married Margaret Dowd, previously married, maiden name McKeone, and both living at Knockavroe. James Plunkett's occupation is described as a Pensioner and his father as a weaver. Margaret Dowd's father is described as a farmer. Notes by Father John Kelly of </span><st1:place style="font-size: 13.5pt;" w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Boyle</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Church</st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> on the Irish Family History Foundation </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Civil Marriage Records,</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> indicate that both James and Margaret were Catholic and both their fathers were deceased. In the 1901 Census, Margaret Plunkett's daughter, Margaret Dowd from her previous marriage, is recorded as the stepdaughter, 18 years of age, not married, and born in County Roscommon. There is an inconsistency with the age of Margaret Dowd, as this suggests that at 18 years of age she was born in 1883 two years after the age of James and Margaret. Therefore she must have been at least 3 years older at that Census date. Inaccuracies with information supplied by families were very common. The Census of Ireland 1911, recorded James and Margaret living by themselves which would indicate that Margaret, their daughter, had either died or married.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Presumably, Thomas Dudgeon and Agnes Pollock, following her relationship with James Plunkett, met sometime between 1864 and 1867 at the latest. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">At the time of the 1871 Census, Thomas was working as a Theatre Artist in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England, to support his family living at 332 Georges Street, Glasgow.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Acknowledgements :<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In April 2015, Neil and I travelled to Worcester, England to visit the Museum of the Worcestershire Foot Regiment, to collect any additional information we could find to complete our research on James Plunkett. On our arrival we realised that the archival records were located at the 29<sup>th</sup> Worcestershire Foot Regiment Military Headquarters, and that the Museum had the address, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Mercian</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Regiment</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place>, Worcester WR1 2EE, in the City Centre. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We were admitted into the Military Headquarters amidst tight security, by Mr. John Paddock, the current Curator of the Museum. We spent a very </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">interesting and rewarding couple of hours with Mr. John Lowles, who holds the rank of Colonel, and was the Curator of the Museum in 1993, then the Chairman until 2003, and is now a volunteer based at the Archival office of the 29</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Worcestershire Foot Regiment. He holds an incredible amount of knowledge about the Regiment and Neil and I are very appreciative of how generously he gave up his time in answering our questions and filling in any gaps we had with our research. Such a modest and personable man, and yet so knowledgeable about the detail regarding the 29</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Worcestershire Foot Regiment and where to find the information. We left the archives office confident that if we hadn’t found the information we needed whilst talking to John, it just wasn’t available.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We also had a good chat in the Records Office with Mr. Stan Jobson who is in residence, writing a book on the history of Norton Barracks in Worcestershire, for the Museum. Construction of the Norton barracks was completed just before James Plunkett went there for discharge. The book is due for publication in June, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Details of Stan’s book as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The Story of Norton Barracks: Home of the Worcestershire Regiment (by) Stan Jobson. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Worcester</st1:city></st1:place>?, Logaston Press, [2015]<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">ISBN 978-1-906663-92-6<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Special thanks must be given to John Paddock, current Curator of the Museum, who, given the tight security at the time, admitted us into the Military Headquarters, and introduced us to John Lowles and Stan Jobson. He was busily preparing for an exhibition and numerous other things so we appreciate the time he gave us.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Bibliography:</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Everard, H. History of Thos Farrington’s Regiment subsequently designated the 29<sup>th</sup> Worcestershire Foot 1694 to 1891. Worcester, Littlebury & Company, The Worcester Press, 1891.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service records, 1760-1913.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Fraser, W. Hamish and Maver, Irene. <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:place></st1:city>: 1830 to 1912. Glasgow, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Manchester</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place> Press, 1996.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">4.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">http://cinematreasures.org/<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">5.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Glasgow</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Herald, 13th March, 1863.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">6.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Glasgow</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Herald, 19th October, 1862.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">7.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Glasgow</span></st1:city></st1:place><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Herald, 20th October, 1862.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">8.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Jobson, Stan. The Story of Norton Barracks: home of the Worcestershire Regiment. O0gaston Press, ????<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">9.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">blog.findmypast.co.uk/articles/weaving-and-the-textile-industry (Accessed 19<sup>th</sup> May,2015.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">This article is Copyright (c) 2015 by<span class="apple-converted-space"> Hope Pauline McNee</span><o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c) 2014 Copyright by Hope Pauline McNee, All Rights Reserved.
</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-44974315382737991972019-03-02T12:05:00.020+10:002024-01-18T17:35:45.458+10:00 Thomas Dudgeon and his Scottish Dioramas (13)<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brodick Castle Arran Marine Waterfront, 1878. Thomas Dudgeon. An example of Thomas's paintings in Scotland.</td></tr>
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Neil (my husband) has been researching Scottish history, and my Mother's family history for over 30 years. He also has a lot of Scottish blood running through his veins. A labour of love I guess you could say. When I started collating the mountain of Neil's research on Thomas Dudgeon, and then commenced writing this story, I realised just how much Thomas's extensive talent as a Landscape and Scenic artist were showcased and publicly appreciated during the 1800's. </div><span></span><a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2019/03/post-13-thomas-dudgeon-and-his-scottish.html#more">Read more »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c) 2014 Copyright by Hope Pauline McNee, All Rights Reserved.
</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-11531051978266874022019-01-27T10:19:00.003+10:002024-01-18T17:37:58.172+10:00Thomas Dudgeon and Irish Dioramas: The Great Diorama of Ireland, Ireland: its scenery, music, and antiquities, Ireland in Shade and Sunshine (12)<br>
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It has been a few years since I have looked at this chapter of Thomas Dudgeon's story. I've added a few more details as more information becomes available and I've made a few improvements.<br>
If you are reading this and have any further details to add I would love to hear from you. You can email me in the box on the side of the blog, or leave a comment at the bottom of this post. Click on the electronic title link at the top of the post, scroll down and you will find the Comments section at the bottom. I hope to hear from you.<span></span><a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2019/01/post-12-thomass-irish-dioramas-great.html#more">Read more »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c) 2014 Copyright by Hope Pauline McNee, All Rights Reserved.
</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-66817757391584583892015-06-11T13:35:00.003+10:002020-10-12T16:36:55.247+10:00Bishop Auckland and Theatre Corner 1871 (11 Abstract)Post 11<br />
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For the full story on Thomas's work in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England click on this <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4487766602161649003/2029265811128726212" target="_blank">link</a>:<br />
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Thomas isn't a resident in the house at 331 Georges Street, Glasgow, Scotland with Agnes Pollock and the children, on the evening of the 1871 Census, he is working in Bishop Auckland, England.<br />
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The Bishop Auckland Census recorded Thomas as living as a boarder at 5 Adelaide Street, and working as an Artist. Neil and I travelled to Bishop Auckland, County Durham, and located the site of the boarding house where he lived on the corner of Adelaide Street.<br />
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<br />In 1871, the Masonic Music Hall, a melodrama theatre, at the junction of Newgate Street and South Church Road, Bishop Auckland, England, was undergoing alterations by architect Mr. W. V. Thompson. There is little doubt that this is where Thomas was engaged working at the time of the 1871 Census, whilst Agnes and the children, including Ellen (Granny) aged 3, were living up in Glasgow, Scotland. There were mouths to feed. His perspicacity in finding worthwhile employment is again demonstrated, and perhaps Thomas's Masonic connections helped to gain this commission, however it would have been a lucrative project for him to be working on.<br />
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The Plaque commemorating the performers, lessees, theatre staff and audiences</div>
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For the full story on Thomas's work in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England click on this <a href="http://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com.au/p/captain-james-plunkett.html" target="_blank">link</a>:<br />
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Theatre Corner - Bishop Auckland, England<br />
Eden Theatre, Bishop Auckland - History<br />
Frank Matcham - Architect<br />
Stan Laurel<br />
Laurel and Hardy<br />
1871 Census - Scotland<br />
Scottish Census - 1871<br />
Theatre Royal, Bishop Auckland<br />
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</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-21266409155267594942015-06-09T13:05:00.008+10:002020-10-12T16:48:48.874+10:00The Great Diorama of Ireland and Ireland: it's scenery, music and antiquities (Post 12 Abstract) <h2>The Great Diorama of Ireland, and Ireland: it's scenery, music and antiquities, 1865. (A summary of Post 12)</h2>
This is a summary of the complete story of the Great Diorama of Ireland. For the complete story click on this<a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-great-diorama-of-ireland-12.html" target="_blank"> link</a>:-<div><br />
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Kelly's store, Bank Lane, Belfast<br />
Dr. T. C. S. Corry<br />
Thomas Dudgeon<br />
Ellen Stella Douglas Fawcett Dudgeon<br />
Joe Devlin<br />
Mr. Connop<br />
New York Clipper Newspaper<br />
The Great Diorama of Ireland<br />
Ireland: in Shade and Sunshine<br />
Ireland: it's scenery, music and antiquities<br />
Royal National Diorama of Scotland<br />
Brooklyn Daily Eagle<br />
Bishop Auckland<br />
The Masons, Bishop Auckland<br />
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For the complete story click on this <a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-great-diorama-of-ireland-12.html" target="_blank">link</a> :-<br />
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Belfast, Ireland in 1865, and the moving picture scenes called Dioramas have become the fashionable entertainment to headline in theatres and halls. Thomas Dudgeon was one of a team of artists commissioned to create dioramas for the 1865 Christmas theatre season in Ireland and travelled there to re-paint the Great Diorama of Ireland, later renamed <i>Ireland: it's scenery, music, and antiquities</i> for the new show.<br />
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The show opened at Victoria Hall, Belfast on Monday evening, November 13, 1865. Thomas was given full credit on the playbill as the eminent artist who entirely re-painted The Great Diorama.The diorama provided a magnificent moving display of Irish scenery as a backdrop to the performances of Mr. and Mrs. J.F. O'Neill, who performed "inimitable Hibernian sketches" and to other various performers who sang songs, duets, quartets etc. (Belfast Newsletter, Nov. 9, 1865.) Historical and descriptive handbooks were handed out at the hall. To celebrate this debut event, there were even fashionable mid-day performances on Fridays at 2.30pm at the cost of 2s. for Reserved Seats, 1s. for the Body of the Hall, and 6d. for the Gallery.<br />
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Dioramas had been around for sometime before 1865,but no-one had embarked on a diorama depicting Ireland and its spectacular scenery like Dr. Thomas Charles Stuart Corry. He took on this challenge and hired Mr. T.H. Connop to produce a diorama entitled<i> Ireland: its scenery, music and antiquities</i>. Connop produced this diorama in 1864 and had a private showing in the Victoria Hall, Belfast on Saturday 24th December, 1864. It opened to the public on the following Monday, 26th December 1864.<br />
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It can be surmised that due to the wear and tear on the diorama and Mr. Connop leaving the Victoria Hall, that Thomas Dudgeon had done a complete repaint in readiness for the new show opening on the 9th November, 1865. It is hard to imagine that Thomas could have repainted every scene attributed to this diorama because of it's enormity. However, he may have needed to as the painted scenes could only last for one season due to the rolling and unrolling of the painted canvas across the stage.<br />
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Thomas and Agnes Pollock returned to Belfast in late 1867. Agnes was pregnant with her second child. By February 6th, 1868, <i>Ireland: It's Scenery, Music, and Antiquities, </i>still billed as the Great National Entertainment, Ireland, had already been showing at the Victoria Hall for 6 weeks.<br />
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There has also been a birth. On 3rd February, 1868, Ellen Stella Douglas Fawcett Dudgeon, my Great Grandmother, was born to proud parents, Agnes Pollock "Dudgeon" and Thomas Dudgeon, in Belfast.<br />
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By October, 1870, Dr. Corry's Diorama of Ireland is showing at the Brooklyn Atheneum,New York, USA.<br />
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A common occurrence with dioramas at this time was that they were published as tourist guidebooks and this happened as Dr. Corry produced a small travel guide book called Ireland: its scenery music and antiquities, which is still in publication and available for purchase.<br />
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Thomas impressed Dr Corry who employed him to produce a 2nd diorama called, Ireland: in Shade and Sunshine.<br />
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<i><b><u>Royal National Diorama of Scotland</u></b></i><br />
<b><i><br /></i></b>Whilst in Ireland, Thomas embarked on his third and most prolific piece of work, the Royal National Diorama of Scotland, presumably from photographs which he took over with him to Ireland. An excerpt from Granny's diary confirms that Thomas sometimes painted scenes from photographs, and in those days all landscape artists were quite adept in this practice. Granny says:<br />
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<b><i>'Well now I will go back to Chichester. After my father had painted the little picture he was doing he was asked to paint a large picture of Rooks Drift in Africa where the Prince Eugene had been killed. They brought him photos of it all and drawings too, so he undertook it and did it. Rooks Drift was a farm and the Prince Eugene was killed there. The front of the picture showed the farm as it was in all its beauty and the back was where it was set on fire by the Zulus. The flames looked so real. I can't describe it as I would like to but even though I was so young, I knew it was wonderful. In London there was a great deal of praise given to it in the morning papers."</i></b><br />
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<b><u>Bishop Auckland, 1871</u></b><br />
<b><u><br /></u></b>By 1871, Agnes Pollock "Dudgeon", Annie McIndoe Plunkett, and Ellen Stella Dudgeon are living back in Glasgow, at 332 Georges St., according to the 1871 Scottish Census. However Agnes is recorded as Agnes Plunkett, her assumed name in Scotland following her relationship with James Plunkett, before she met Thomas. Following the success of his Diorama paintings, which are now either en route or have arrived in America for the show "Ireland in Shade and Sunshine", Thomas has moved temporarily to Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England to work for the Masons. For more on the Bishop Auckland story, visit this <a href="http://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/bishop-auckland-and-theatre-corner-1871.html" target="_blank">link</a>.<br />
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What became of the reams and reams of painted canvas after the touring of the Dioramas had finished? They were found in the loft of Kelly's Store, Bank Lane, Belfast by Joe Devlin and his mates, when Joe was Manager of the store at age 19, around 1890, only 6 years before Dr. Corry died.<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">"In our young </i><i style="font-weight: bold;">youth, when our boyhood's friend, Joe Devlin was in charge of Kelly's Store in Bank Lane, we remember climbing with him to the loft above the shop to see and examine the great rolls of painted canvas, the rollers and the blocks and tacklings of all that was left of Dr. Corry's World-Famed Diorama. For many years it lay in the loft above the old store in Bank Lane, but what became of it we do not know." </i>(Woodside, S.B. 1997-2008)<br />
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For the complete story, click on this<a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2019/01/post-12-thomass-irish-dioramas-great.html" target="_blank"> <b><u>link:</u></b></a><br />
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Best wishes<br />
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Pauline</div>
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</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-51428539794237313372015-06-06T13:03:00.021+10:002024-01-18T17:36:11.667+10:00James Plunkett and the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot ( 10 Abstract)<br>
For the complete story on James Plunkett and the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot, and his relationship with my Great Great Grandmother, Agnes McIndoe Pollock, click on the following <a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/10/james-plunkett-and-29th-worcestershire.html" target="_blank">link</a>:-<span></span><a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2015/06/james-plunkett-and-29th-worcestershire.html#more">Read more »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c) 2014 Copyright by Hope Pauline McNee, All Rights Reserved.
</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-25873130848148440142014-04-11T10:31:00.003+10:002020-10-12T16:28:53.754+10:00Paisley (9 Abstract)<br />
For the full story of the Thomas Dudgeon in Paisley click the following <a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/10/paisley-9.html" target="_blank">link</a>:<br />
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<a href="http://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com.au/p/paisley.html" target="_blank">Paisley or the Paisley pattern</a>, is the English term originating from Paisley, in Renfrewshire, Scotland, for a textile design using the boteh or buta, a droplet-shaped vegetable motif, which originates from Persia.<br />
<br /> In 1864, we find Thomas Dudgeon working in Paisley, in Central Scotland, at the Exchange Rooms, which was used as the People's Concert hall, in Moss Street, Paisley, and has continued to be used as a theatre for many years to eventually become known as the Theatre Royal.<br />
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</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-52635742307463118682014-03-29T13:28:00.001+10:002024-01-18T17:34:51.365+10:00Edmund Glover, 1852-1860 (8)Post 8<br>
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Edmund Glover commenced the Winter theatre season on October 13th, 1852, as the new lessee and manager of the Theatre Royal, Dunlop Street, to an overflowing house. The newspapers were reporting that he had transformed the Theatre Royal into <i>"one of the most brilliant and comfortable establishments in the kingdom"</i>. (G. H., October 15, 1852). <span></span><a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2014/03/edmund-glover-1852-1860.html#more">Read more »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c) 2014 Copyright by Hope Pauline McNee, All Rights Reserved.
</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-37594546464469581972014-03-04T20:23:00.001+10:002024-01-18T17:39:06.575+10:00The Theatre Royal, Dunlop Street, Glasgow, 1821-1851 (7)Post 7<br>
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During the 1830s, Thomas Dudgeon was working diligently to become a respected scenic artist and make a respectable living. The art of scene painting was being embraced and refined in the theatre during the 19th century to a standard never seen again.<span></span><a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-theatre-royal-dunlop-street-glasgow.html#more">Read more »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c) 2014 Copyright by Hope Pauline McNee, All Rights Reserved.
</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-86801148217482749992014-02-25T20:52:00.003+10:002024-01-18T17:39:41.932+10:00St. Mark's Masonic Lodge No. 102, Glasgow (6)Post 6<br>
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At St. Mark's Masonic Lodge No. 102, on the 30th April, 1847, Thomas Dudgeon, b.1805, aged 42 years old, was formally registered as a member and Freemason (St. Mark's Masonic Lodge, List of Members, 1766-1906.) The 1844-5 Post Office Directories and the Masonic Lodge records both list Thomas's address as 12 Gordon Street, Glasgow.<span></span><a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2014/02/st-marks-masonic-lodge-no-102-glasgow.html#more">Read more »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c) 2014 Copyright by Hope Pauline McNee, All Rights Reserved.
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In 1832, Andrew and Janet Dudgeon and the children were living at 220 High Street, and then 23 Duke Street, which according to historians and Scottish folklore, was believed to be the general area where the Bell o' the Brae (the Bell of the Brae) battle took place. Bell o' the Brae is a Scottish term meaning the highest part upon the slope of the hill. During the 13th and 14th centuries, the Bell o' the Brae was the highest point on the slope of the High Street and located at the intersection with the lines of the Drygate and Rottenrow, which was regarded as the centre of the city <span face=""lucida grande" , "arial unicode ms" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.9027px;">(Glasgow Herald, 1848). "<i>Here, in those ages, were congregated we may conjecture, the various booths and stands from which the inhabitants were supplied with the common necessities of life; and, at this spot, probably the entire traffic of the burgh was anciently carried on"(G. H., 1848). </i></span>It is here that a possible battle took place between William Wallace and the English.While it is unsure exactly what happened here this battle has gone down in folklore as one of William Wallaces many victories against the English.<br />
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How is the Bell o' the Brae connected to the Dudgeons? In 1840-1841 Andrew and Janet moved the family up the High Street from 23 Duke Street into 3 Castle Street and took residence in the house later known in the 19th century as the Provand's Lordship, and also now known as The Oldest House in Glasgow. Whilst it appears to be a simple structure, three stories in height, the townhouse was built at various periods. The front block built of cream-white sandstone bears the weather-worn arms of Bishop Andrew Muirhead, (1455-1473), the founder of St.Nicholas Hospital, confirming that the first section of the House was erected during this period (Gemmell, 1910). Other sources suggest it was erected in 1471, and this still appears questionable, however it is certainly a medieval house, with 17th century additions (Glasgow Museums, 1998). The old house has been known by various names during its four and a half centuries of existence. It was first known as as the Preceptor's House of the St. Nicholas Hospital, then after the Reformation was called Provand's Lordship until about the end of the 18th century. After that time it was generally called "The Black Land". <i>It was then known as the Castle Tavern, kept by Mrs. Dudgeon, during the 18-forties. When the licence was lost it became 3 to 7 Castle Street and resumed its old name of Provand's Lordship, after having being purchased by the Provand's Lordship Literary Club in 1906. (p. 9, 1910?) </i>The Story of the Provand's Lordship and a guide to the Glasgow Cathedral, a great little book which can be found in the Mitchell Library, Glasgow at G 941.435 PRO, further says that, <i>Mrs Dudgeon's tavern was a great resort of Barony Kirk country parishioners on Sacrament Sundays, when the services at the tent and within the church lasted the greater part of the day.(p. 9, 1910?)</i><br />
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So the Dudgeons are now living on the brow of the hill as it existed in those times, and the recorded location of the Bell o' the Brae. The Glasgow Spirit License Register shows Andrew holding a license for an alehouse at 3 Castle Street from 1841 until his death in 1846, and his wife Janet subsequently holding a license for an alehouse from 1846 to 1854. Their tenancy at 1-3 Castle Street is confirmed in the 1841 and 1851 Census. The 1851 Census records Janet's occupation as Spirit dealer at no. 3 and Sweetmeats shop owner at No. 1 Castle Street.<br />
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<b> </b> 23 Duke Street 30/4/1839<br />
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20/4/1842</div>
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25/4/1843</div>
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30/4/1844</div>
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29/4/1845<br />
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28/4/1846</div>
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/4/1847</div>
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28/4/1848 ( Same residence but St. Nicholas Hospital was located adjacent to the house and the record keeper could have been naming the whole area rather than just Castle Street.)</div>
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24/4/1849</div>
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Thomas Dudgeon painted the Bell o' the Brae battle on leather so that it could be displayed outside his parents alehouse. The alehouse became known as the Battle of the Brae alehouse along with many other names.This painting is clearly visible in William Simpson's famous painting of the Provands Lordship (Glasgow Museums, 1998). <br />
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On our first visit to Glasgow, Neil and I caught the Hop on Hop off bus, as we generally do on holidays when arriving at a new destination. We hopped off the bus at St. Mungos Museum (the Patron Saint of Glasgow) in the Cathedral District.We enjoyed a tour of Glasgow Cathedral and the Museum, and then decided to have a look at the beautiful old stone building across the road, a tourist destination, and famously called The Oldest House in Glasgow. While exploring the top floor of the house, I discovered a painting by William Simpson, containing the inscription <b>"Old Houses in Castle Street, opposite the Cathedral, 1843".</b> This painting together with Simpson's other watercolours, is beautifully reproduced and described in a quality booklet called <i>"Glasgow in the 1840s: Watercolours by William Simpson 1823-1899", published by the Glasgow Museums in 1998. </i>(The painting is commonly called the 1840s Provands Lordship on some websites which offer reproductions for sale.)<br />
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We already knew that the Dudgeon family had lived in this area during the 1840s. However, to my great surprise, the painting of the "Old House" also had the name W. DUDGEN painted on the front of a small extension to the building. (The extension does not exist today.) I was so excited that I rushed down the flights of stairs to tell Neil who was on the ground floor assessing the construction of the building. On further investigation we discovered that this old house was the home of Andrew and Janet and their family. The small extension on the front of the building in the painting, was in fact the Ale House from which they operated their own business. Even more surprising though, was that we were told by a staff member on checking the history of Provand's Lordship, that the scene painting visible above the Ale House attached to the "Old House" was painted by Thomas Dudgeon. So, now we have located a painting by William Simpson of the Provands Lordship, with the name W.DUDGEN painted on the alehouse lean to of the building, and an oil painting by Thomas Dudgeon acting as a tavern signboard on the front wall of the building. Just cause for celebration!!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>
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William Gemmell (1910) in his book "The Oldest House in Glasgow", says that the premises was occupied by various undistinguished owners until it passed to Robert M'Alpen and John Wilson in 1814. <i>"For some time after this it was occupied by Mrs. Dudgeon as an ale-house, and an oil painting by her son, of the Battle of the Bell o' the Brae, hung for years on the front wall as a tavern signboard. This painting is now in the possession of the Club" </i> (p. 98). Spirit license records show that Andrew and Janet lived at this address from 1841 until Andrew's death in 1846. Janet continued to live at 3 Castle Street until 1854 when she took up residence with her son William. It also seems that William Simpson had misspelled the name Dudgeon and used the wrong initial, <b>W. DUDGEN, o</b>n the front of the building , as it is conclusive from the 1841 Census that Andrew and Janet occupied this residence. William being the second son could have had his name painted on the front of the building, hence W. Dudgen, but it is more likely that it would have been Andrew or Janet's name on the front. We may assume that as William Simpson's watercolours were worked up from sketches done by him in Glasgow 50 years before, that he misread the letter W. on the sketch and misspelled the name Dudgeon (Glasgow Museums, 1998).<br />
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The oil painting, called the Bell o' the Brae, by Thomas Dudgeon was painted on leather and undoubtedly brought in business for his parents. The fact that Thomas chose this famous battle scene, the Bell o' the Brae, to paint as a tavern signboard for his parents business, indicates the importance of the Folklore of this event to the Glaswegians, and the believed location of this battle demonstrating the obvious connection between the location of the Ale House and where the Battle of the Bell o' the Brae occurred.<br />
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The club referred to above by Gemmell is the Provands Lordship Club, which we contacted. They advised that they no longer have the painting in their possession, having handed it over to the Glasgow Art Gallery when the Glasgow City Council took over the management of Provands Lordship.. We were told the Bell of the Brae painting probably still existed but unfortunately the Gallery was closed when we were there, due to relocating. I contacted Mr. Hugh Stevenson, Assistant Keeper of the Department of Fine Art, at the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, and asked him specifically about the leather painting of Thomas Dudgeon which was hanging on the front of Provands Lordship. He advised that all of their artwork was in storage and gave us hope that when the the Gallery reopened the painting would be retrievable. On a subsequent visit in 2009, we were very hopeful of finding the painting however we were told they were now unable to find it, and that it had probably deteriorated to such an extent that it couldn't be restored. Such a shame.<br />
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For those interested in the history of the "lean to" on the old house, it isn't mentioned in title deeds to the house until 1753, and is the only difference to the title deeds of 1642, being built on during that period. The property is called " <i>a great tenement of land</i>" and <i>"Stables, Brewhouse, Cellars, Closs and Pertinents</i>" are mentioned, and "<i>a little fore-house and shop presently possessed by Euphan Machen</i>", referring to the "lean to" (Gemmell, 1910, p.98). He also tells an interesting story, about the tavern which demonstrates its popularity.<br />
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<i>"To the tavern for refreshment on Sunday came many of the farmers who drove in to attend the services in the Barony Church opposite. There is a tradition that one farmer found himself so happy there that he continued where he was for the rest of the week, and was surprised to find another Sunday arrive before his carouse was finished" (p.99).</i><br />
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From 1784 until 1787, when the "lean to" was still owned by Euphan Machen, it became the infamous residence of the Glasgow hangman. "<i>Here he lived within easy reach of the spot where his grisly duties had to be performed" </i>(Gemmell, 1910, p. 105).<i> </i>The public hangings took place right across the road from 3 Castle Street, at the Bell o' the Brae, in front of the Royal Infirmary. This was confirmed in 1853, when the workmen who were levelling the mound in front of the Royal Infirmary, found the stone which had been used to fix the gallows, when criminals were executed within the Castle Yard. The hanging ceremony was sometimes performed in front of the almshouse in Kirk Street, just a little bit further cross the road, and still very convenient for the hangman to walk to work (Gemmell, 1910). <i>"When the dreadful apparatus was not in use, it was, with the characteristic callousness of that age, stored in the Lower Church of the Cathedral (</i>Gemmell, 1910, p. 105). The bodies of the poor sods that were executed were buried in the common ground lying to the north of the Church. West of the north transept, we can still see cut deeply into one of the buttresses, <i>"the rude figure of a man dangling in a noose from a gibbet." (p.106). T</i>his is now of great interest to the crowds, who walk the streets of Glasgow, and who take the time to explore the history of the Cathedral.<br />
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An historical map of the Bell o' the Brae area where the alehouse was located and the public hangings took place demonstrates the strategic location of the alehouse, and can be found on the National Library of Scotland map website, sheet vi. 11.8:<br />
<i> <a href="http://maps.nls.uk/townplans/glasgow_1_northeast.html" target="_blank">http://maps.nls.uk/townplans/glasgow_1_northeast.html</a> </i><br />
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<b>Bibliography:</b><br />
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<li>Gemmell, William (1910). The oldest house in Glasgow. Glasgow, Hay Nisbet.</li>
<li>Glasgow in the 1840s : watercolours by Willam Simpson 1823-1899. Glasgow, Glasgow Museums with assistance from Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums Association, 1998.</li>
<li>Glasgow Herald, Monday, August 14, Issue 4752, 1848.</li>
<li>The story of the Provands Lordship and a guide to the Glasgow Cathedral. Glasgow, "Citizen Press", n.d.(1910?). (Mitchell Library, Glasgow G 941.435 PRO)</li>
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</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-44446104808535650882014-01-23T18:37:00.004+10:002024-01-18T17:40:06.011+10:00Andrew Dudgeon moves to Glasgow (3)Post 3<br>
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It may never be known why Andrew and Janet left with their family to move to Glasgow. They left with their four children, Thomas b. 6th January 1805, William b.6th April, 1806, Helen b.6th November. 1807, and Andrew b.29th October, 1809.<span></span><a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2014/01/andrew-dudgeon-moves-to-glasgow.html#more">Read more »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c) 2014 Copyright by Hope Pauline McNee, All Rights Reserved.
</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-77607988941489536392014-01-20T17:54:00.001+10:002024-01-18T17:40:46.672+10:00TIMTYOURIE (2)<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">On our quest to find Timtyourie and the Dudgeons, Neil and I travelled to </span><st1:country-region style="font-weight: normal;" w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region><span style="font-weight: normal;"> in 2005. We were searching to find as much information as possible about Thomas Dudgeon's father, Andrew
Dudgeon (1776?-1846), my great-great-great grandfather, and about Thomas’s childhood. The trail led us to the Family History Section of the Dumbarton Library on </span><st1:street style="font-weight: normal;" w:st="on">Strathburn Place</st1:street><span style="font-weight: normal;">,
in Dumbartonshire where we spoke with a very helpful Librarian, Mr. Graham
Hopner. Being a Librarian myself, I always appreciate how generous Library
staff are with their time, and Graham was no exception and certainly had a
thorough knowledge of the local area.</span><span></span><a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2014/01/timtyourie.html#more">Read more »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c) 2014 Copyright by Hope Pauline McNee, All Rights Reserved.
</div>Happy Retiree's Kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614074474795791475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487766602161649003.post-34118710610441231632014-01-19T12:26:00.001+10:002024-01-18T17:41:19.824+10:00Thomas Dudgeon - Welcome to his Artistic Adventures Thomas Dudgeon was my Great-Great-Grandfather, b. January 06, 1805, d. October 14, 1880, and was the father of Ellen Stella Fawcett Douglas Dudgeon, my Great-Grandmother b.February 03, 1865, in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, d. September 25, 1954 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.<span></span><a href="https://artisticadventuresofthomasdudgeon.blogspot.com/2014/01/welcome-to-artistic-adventures-of.html#more">Read more »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c) 2014 Copyright by Hope Pauline McNee, All Rights Reserved.
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