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St. James Road, DD8 2FA

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

Photo taken looking southeast.

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.

The St James Road elevation of the former Don Brothers textile factory, lately used as the headquarters of Angus Council. Image] shows the whole of the west elevation, part of which is on the left in this view.

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.

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 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 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.