The Perrins Centre
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The Perrins Centre
Image: © Bob Embleton Taken: 3 Aug 2010
Opened in 1904 by Dyson Perrins as the Ardross Alness Club containing a library, a reading room and a billiard room. The gift from the Lea & Perrins Sauce philanthropist, costing around £3000, was to provide "amusement and relaxation of the young men after their days work was done and the providing of sound, wholesome instruction which might induce young men to spend their evenings in mental and moral improvement." Though the Perrins family had their home in Malvern, Worcestershire they also bought Ardross Castle in 1898 and regularly travelled between the two by train. In Malvern they had their own stop at the bottom of their garden and at Alness railway station they had their own exclusive waiting room.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.695215
Longitude
-4.248928