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SLATER'S FALKIRK DIRECTORY
Redding is a district situated in the parish of Polmount, abound-
ing in coal mines, all of which are worked by the Redding Coal
Company ; there are two schools and a chapel for Methodists.
Nobel's Explosives Co., Limited, have large works here for the
manufacture of detonators for their dynamite. The company also
make vitriol and other chemicals on a large scale. Population in
1881, 620.
Slamannan parish lies on the south bank of the Avon, about
seven miles from Falkirk, extending along the margin of that river
for about five miles, and from three to four in breadth. On the
southern boundary of the district is a small lake called Black Loch,
which is a tributary to the great reservoir for the Clyde Canal.
Near the north-west end of the parish there is a point where the
three shires of Stirling, Dumbarton, and Lanark meet, and at the
south-west end of the sbires of Stirling and Lanark meet with the
shire of Linlithgow. The Bank of Scotland has a branch here.
Acreage of the parish, 7,062. Population in 1881, 5,850 of the
village, 1,644.
POST OFFICE, NEWMARKET STREET, FALKIRK,
LAWRENCE E. TENNANT, Post Master,
ARRIVALS. — From London and all parts at 8 a.m. ; from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Linlithgow at 1 p.m. ; from London, Edinburgh
Glasgow and North of Scotland at 6 15 p.m. ; from Edinburgh and Glasgow at 7 30 p.m.
DESPATCHES.— For Stirling and the North of Scotland at 5 15 a.m. ; for Polmont at 6 45 a.m. ; for London;, Edinburgh, Glasgow and
Ireland at 8 50 p.m. ; for London, the South, Edinburgh, Glasgow, North of Scotland and Ireland at 7 55 a.m. for Edinburgh and Glas-
gow at 8 45 a.m. and 12 noon ; for Grangemouth at 7 50 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Money Order and Telegraph Office and Savings Bank.
Post Office, Grahamston, Thomas Paul, Post Master.— Letters are delivered from Falkirk, and are despatched at 11 5 a.m. and 3 20
and 7 5 p.m. Money Order Office.
Post Office, Cameron, John Brown, Post Master. — Letters from all parts arrive (from Falkirk) at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., and are des-
patched at 11 10 a.m., and 3 20 and 7 15 p.m. Money Order and Telegraph Office.
Post Office, Carron, Thomas Jamieson, Post Master. — Letters from all parts arrive (fromLarbert) at 8 30 a.m. and 6 50 p.m., and are
despatched at 11 5 a.m., and 4 and 7 p.m. Money Order and Telegraph Office.
Post Office, Carron Shore, Jane Rae, Post Mistress.— Letters from all parts arrive (from Falkirk) at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., and are
despatched at 5 p.m. The nearest Money Order Office is at Carron.
Post Office, Lattrieston, Mary Einnie, Post Mistress. — Letters from all parts arrive (from Falkirk) at 9 50 a.m. and 6 50 p.m., and
are despatched at 6 30 a.m. and 3 p.m. The nearest Money Order Offiae is at Falkirk.
Post Office, Polmont, Helen Trench, Post Mistress.— Letters from all parts arrive at 8 10 a.m., and from Edinburgh and Glasgow at
1 p.m., and are despatched to Falkirk at 7 15 a.m., to Edinburgh and Glasgow at 12 noon, and to Edinburgh and the South at 4 15 p.m.
Money Order and Telegraph Office and Savings Bank.
Post Office, Redding, Margaret M. Stewart, Post Mistress. — Letters from all parts arrive (from Polmont Station) at 9 10 a.m., and
are despatched at 8 50 a.m. and 3 85 p.m. The nearest Money Order Office is at Polmont Station.
Post Office, Slamannan, Alexander Brown, Post Master.— Letters from all parts arrive at 9 a.m. and 5 50 p.m., and are despatched
at 8 30 a.m., and 2 50 and 5 30 p.m. Money Order and Telegraph Office and Savings Bank.
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