Chapter 3: My boyhood in Dundee. [pp.76-128]
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- Dates of Creation:1816-1825
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Dundee in 1816 - Distress at the time - The Meal Mob - Spinning by machinery in Dundee - Steam engines in use - First mills - The original Dens mill - My father's methods of spinning - First carding engines - Mills going in 1818 - Mills in 1822 - Quantity spun - Quality of yarn - Russell Mill yarns - Handloom weaving - Household weavers - Habits of spinners and manufacturers - Prosperity of trade in 1824 - Fall offices in 1825 - Failures in Dundee. Personal recollections - The Dens House - The Burn - Town's Officers - Boyish pranks - The King of Leather Castle - "Traps" - Panning a dog - Hamilton's library - St Roque's Lane - Grizzel Jaffray's grave - The Antiquary's house - The harbour - The ferry - First twin steam-boats -Passage in them - Visit to Balgonie - Narrow escape from drowning - Open spaces in Dundee - The lamp lighters - Water supply - Letter delivery - St Andrews Church - Rev G. Parker - Schools and schoolmasters - John Gilbert's school - The Grammar School - The Academy - Dancing master - Old Mary the nurse.
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