He taught history at the college and helped establish Falkirk Local History Society in 1981.
Councillor Martin Fisher, chairman of the resources committee, said the local authority wanted to keep local history alive.
In a fast-growing area where many buyers lack roots, a bit of local history may help sales.
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The council hopes the Sound Trail will be used in primary schools to teach children about local history.
Murals of leafy parks, local history and custard creams are being painted on two 1970s concrete subways in Carlisle.
It has become a marker of local history and a medium for transferring collective memory from one generation to another.
Graveyards are always a good startingplace for local history and, on the wooded slopes above the town, I find Sveti Luka cemetery.
For Skurnik, the photography exercise was a way to learn about local history and spend time falling in love with his city.
Neame is of old Murchison stock, tracing her family back to when the area was settled in the 1800s, and knows plenty of local history.
Barnet council wants to award the deal to two private firms, describing it as the largest out-sourcing of services in local government history.
Positioned between the Atlantic and Mediterranean this region is a sexy mix of French and Spanish cultures dotted with vestiges of local Roman history.
The local history society is currently collecting names of servicemen and women who have died in all wars to be included on the memorial.
For 55 years, the building on the northeast corner of Western and Adams in LA has loomed large in the local history of African-Americans.
He withdrew a move for the event to be included on the local history curriculum after the education minister agreed to set up a meeting to discuss the idea further.
Once, when I was asking too many unanswerable questions in the Local History section of the Niagara Falls Public Library, librarian Maureen Fennie held up a hand to stop me.
The Celtics called upon local history to rally them, playing highlights on the scoreboard from the Red Sox comeback against the New York Yankees after a 3-0 deficit in the 2004 AL championship series.
The tour starts in Plaza Congreso where Jed gives tour participants an overview of local history, shares insights into the surrounding architecture and teaches the group how to formally prepare, serve and drink mate, traditional Argentinean tea.
Located in the eponymous seaside town in Zhejiang Province, the building, completed in 2008, houses 330, 000 square feet of exhibition space given over to local history and culture: regional woodworking, wax figures in life-size dioramas.
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The Celtics called upon local history to rally them, playing highlights on the scoreboard from the comeback the Red Sox made against the New York Yankees after a 3-0 deficit in the 2004 AL championship series.
Young -- editor of a local history group -- remains confident, going on to say that "It's not complex" and that much of the message relies on acronyms that became prevalent in WWI due to the short battery life of morse code systems.
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There is information about local events, history and walking routes, for both locals and visitors alike.
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Her mural reflects local landmarks and history, including the Carlisle coat of arms and the custard cream biscuit, which is made in the city.
This could mean enjoying a scuba diving adventure, buying colourful spices or fresh fish from nearby markets with a chef, exploring a mountain village with a resident family or joining a cultural ambassador to learn the secrets of local traditions and history.
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"This is a place with a vast amount of local knowledge and a rich history, " says Kalluk.
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"I bet you dollars to doughnuts they will be spending the money in your local business ... history bears it out, " Wright said.
Sculptor Ross Wilson said he hoped 'Millie' would "help explain the significance of the Greater Shankill area to Belfast's history to local people and visitors alike".
Or will the company realize belatedly that it steamrolled history and local pride for naught, and that what customers really want is the quality, value and customer service of yesteryear?
However it gets there, that piece of jewelry adorning a world-class model on a fashion runway, being shown at a world-renowned fashion house, or appearing behind the window at your local jeweler, has a history and a story that will most likely never be known.
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