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Kirkriggs, FORFAR, DD8 2AT

Photo taken looking southeast.

Purpose-built premises for the Lour Road Group Practice. The houses behind it are on Rosebank Lane, which is parallel to Lour Road. ('Lour' is pronounced to rhyme with 'tour', not 'tower', unlike 'Aberlour' in Banffshire, which does rhyme with 'tower'.)

This is the premises of the New Club. I believe that snooker is played, and that the premises are licensed, but that is as much as I know. When I had a temporary job as a Christmas postie I used to leave my car parked here while I lugged the heavy bag of Christmas cards up the hill on a round that included five manses and an old folks' home.

The main entrance of Image], on the left in that view.

This is part of the premises of Don and Low, the predecessor of which, Don Brothers Buist and Co, was a major employer in Forfar. Life was regulated by the 'bummers', a siren which summoned the employees to work and signalled the end of the working day. The factory was behind where this was taken from. The buildings at Broadcroft, across the road from the factory, are fairly new, but the main factory was moved to a new site on the Glamis road, just outside the town. The original factory was used as the main offices of Angus Council for some years, but the Council also has built new offices off the Glamis Road, and Don's lies empty again. However the Broadcroft depot is still in daily use for warehousing and despatching the fabrics manufactured by the company.

Picture taken from The Vennel, looking south into Lour Road.

This is part of the premises of Don and Low, the predecessor of which, Don Brothers Buist and Co, was a major employer in Forfar. Life was regulated by the 'bummers', a siren which summoned the employees to work and signalled the end of the working day. Part of the factory is in the background. The buildings at Broadcroft, across the road from the factory, are fairly new, but the main factory was moved to a new site on the Glamis road, just outside the town. The original factory was used as the main offices of Angus Council for some years, but the Council also has built new offices off the Glamis Road, and Don's lies empty again. However the Broadcroft depot is still in daily use for warehousing and despatching the fabrics manufactured by the company.

This is part of the premises of Don and Low, the predecessor of which, Don Brothers Buist and Co, was a major employer in Forfar. Life was regulated by the 'bummers', a siren which summoned the employees to work and signalled the end of the working day. The factory was behind where this was taken from. The buildings at Broadcroft, across the road from the factory, are fairly new, but the main factory was moved to a new site on the Glamis road, just outside the town. The original factory was used as the main offices of Angus Council for some years, but the Council also has built new offices off the Glamis Road, and Don's lies empty again. However the Broadcroft depot is still in daily use for warehousing and despatching the fabrics manufactured by the company. In the background there is a glimpse of the houses at the foot of Lour Road.

This is part of the premises of Don and Low, the predecessor of which, Don Brothers Buist and Co, was a major employer in Forfar. Life was regulated by the 'bummers', a siren which summoned the employees to work and signalled the end of the working day. The factory was behind where this was taken from. The buildings at Broadcroft, across the road from the factory, are fairly new, but the main factory was moved to a new site on the Glamis road, just outside the town. The original factory was used as the main offices of Angus Council for some years, but the Council also has built new offices off the Glamis Road, and Don's lies empty again. However the Broadcroft depot is still in daily use for warehousing and despatching the fabrics manufactured by the company.

This elegant early 19th century house, built of local Old Red Sandstone, stands at the junction of Lour Road with St James' Road, surrounded by its rubble walls.