DUMFRIES ANTIQUE BOTTLES


 


 

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DIGGING BOTTLES IN & AROUND DUMFRIES

 

Here is a short story written by my Dad and I on how we began Collecting Dumfries Antique Bottles.
My earliest memory about digging Old Bottles is when my dad was working as a Scaffolder in the late 60's. The firm he worked for had an old disused railway shed we used as a store for our scaffolding in what is known as St Mary's  Industrial Estate roughly 1 mile from the centre of Dumfries.
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Updated Web Pages below

 


WG Johnstone

 

Some new information I have recently received from the
Grandson of the famous WG Johnstone.
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WG Johnstone out side his shop in Church Place Dumfries

 

 

Robert Carruthers

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 .Inerior of Robert Carruthers Mineral Water Factory Dumfries Exterior of Robert Carruthers Mineral Water Factory Dumfries

 

 

 

 

Street Life in London 1877  
  

FLYING DUSTMEN.

Interesting insight into the life of a Victorian Bin Man in London

 

 

 

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