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DRIVE 11 Monifieth Foundry by the sea was established by James 14 MARINE The Monifieth War Memorial was erected in 1922 after Low and Robert Fairweather by 1800, in an open field on what was believed to be ‘the war to end all wars’. It was what later became the High Street. unveiled by the Earl of Strathmore. The bronze figure sculpted by Herman Cawthro of London enhances the The firm became internationally known for the stone Cenotaph designed by Charles G Soutar. production of machinery used in the weaving industry, at one time exporting to over 27 countries and employing 15 One of several simple crosses can be found in the wall in approximately 2,000. The manufacturing premises Maule Street. These crosses once marked the land of the 9 Tayview Caravan Park is on the site of the former ‘little covered 15 acres in the centre of the town. Part of the Abthane of Monifieth. The Abthane was the land which foundry’ Low & Duff, Brass Founders. In 1902 the Beath site is now the location of a supermarket. the church owned, originally granted by the Mormaers of family took over the vacant premises of the Lyell Angus. brothers, who from 1873 had operated a spinning/ 12 On the corner of High Street and Maule Street is Invertay weaving mill in what was later known as the Albert House, formerly Monifieth Public School. According to Works. Housing had been provided for the workers, Parish Church Records the first schoolmaster was known locally as ‘The Bricklands’. Low & Duff replaced appointed in 1599. The old sandstone school house was this accommodation with more desirable houses. They demolished in 1878 for the erection of the building we were named Albert and Windsor Terraces. see today. Low & Duff, Brass Founders engaged mainly in the Rev. Dr James Gerard Young was chairman of the production of machinery for the confectionery industry committee who advocated that a larger school was and were operational until the 1970s. The Albert Works needed. Despite some objections that the planned and the Terraces were eventually demolished and the school was too large, the chairman was proved to be area cleared for the Caravan Holiday Park. right when within his lifetime another storey was added to the building. Monifieth beach c. 1900 13 Opposite the Gerard Hall and Church Street is Mill Lane, which was the route taken via a level crossing to the 7 What is now St Brides’ Church Hall has changed many Albert Works, by employees of the Lyell brothers and times over its long history. Thomas Erskine of Linlathen Low & Duff as well as the residents of Albert and opened this building as the Erskine Female School in the Windsor Terraces. The access was blocked in the late 1850s. It was sometimes referred to as the ‘Pinny School’ 1970s. as the girls were issued with a uniform of aprons and sleeve protectors. It closed in 1878 when the teachers On the Maule Street and Albert Street junction, opposite transferred to the newly rebuilt Monifieth Public School. the War Memorial, access to the West End Links is made Later it served as a Mechanics Institute after having been by the bridge over the railway line. The links were a Salvation Army Citadel. In 1898 it was to become St purchased by Monifieth Burgh Council in 1903, to meet Brides’ Roman Catholic Church. The adjacent modern the leisure pursuits of the residents. In 1905 the level building of St Brides was built in the early 1980s. The old crossing was replaced by the metal bridge. building still plays a part of church life as a meeting place. Railway station

8 Beside the Panmure Hotel, which was built on the Golf Monifieth Foundry by the sea was Course, is the railway underpass. To the left is now the 10 The Dundee to Arbroath Railway opened in 1838. It was established by James Low and Robert running track. In the late 1930s this was a large sand one of the first in Scotland and said to be the reason for dune known locally as “Hill 60”. It was used for filling the awakening of a ‘sleepy rural village’ into an industrial Fairweather by 1800, in an open field on sandbags at the start of World War II. centre. The Victorian railway station was removed and is now at Bo’ness Rail Museum. what later became the High Street.