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"It was agreed to name the new housing scheme Back Dykes Terrace."<ref>''Dundee Evening Telegraph'', 4 April 1940, reporting a Falkland Town Council meeting.</ref> | "It was agreed to name the new housing scheme Back Dykes Terrace."<ref>''Dundee Evening Telegraph'', 4 April 1940, reporting a Falkland Town Council meeting.</ref> | ||
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A special meeting of the Town Council was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening—Provost Kennedy presiding over a full attendance of members. Estimates were submitted for the repair of roads at West Port, etc., and the offer of Messrs Adamson, Auchtermuchty, amounting to £188 15s 10d was accepted. Work is to start immediately. It was reported that another four 4-roomed houses in the addition to the municipal housing scheme at Back Dykes Terrace were almost ready for occupation, and, after full consideration, these were allotted to A, A. Caira, R. S. Drysdale, D. M'Bain, and R. Stark, tenancy to begin on 4th October. On the recommendation of the Clerk of Works it was agreed to allow overtime for labouring work at the new houses in course of erection at Back Dykes Terrace.<ref>''Fifeshire Advertiser'', 18 September 1948.<ref> | |||
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Revision as of 18:04, 21 February 2021
Back Dykes Terrace is a housing scheme begun in the 1940s. The main part of the development forms a square to the south of Back Dykes and to the west of East Loan.
Other references
"It was agreed to name the new housing scheme Back Dykes Terrace."[1]
A special meeting of the Town Council was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening—Provost Kennedy presiding over a full attendance of members. Estimates were submitted for the repair of roads at West Port, etc., and the offer of Messrs Adamson, Auchtermuchty, amounting to £188 15s 10d was accepted. Work is to start immediately. It was reported that another four 4-roomed houses in the addition to the municipal housing scheme at Back Dykes Terrace were almost ready for occupation, and, after full consideration, these were allotted to A, A. Caira, R. S. Drysdale, D. M'Bain, and R. Stark, tenancy to begin on 4th October. On the recommendation of the Clerk of Works it was agreed to allow overtime for labouring work at the new houses in course of erection at Back Dykes Terrace.<ref>Fifeshire Advertiser, 18 September 1948.<ref>
Notes
- ↑ Dundee Evening Telegraph, 4 April 1940, reporting a Falkland Town Council meeting.