World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Date 28 June 2013
Event ID 961840
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/961840
The Talbot Street drill hall was built in 1887 and appears on the 2nd and 3rd edition OS 1:2500 maps, apparently having been extended on the latter. The hall had an elaborate symmetrical eight-bay, two-storey front block with an elaborate central pediment, surmounted by a fireclay statue of a classical female petting a small dog, identified as Fidelity, now in the collection of Falkirk Museum. The statue is stamped "Grangemouth Coal & Fireclay Co. G B S Rowland". There were urns at the corners.
In 1914 the hall was the drill station for 3 [Gordon Brigade] Company, Highland Division Transport & Supply Column Army Service Corps. The hall became the HQ of the docker's battalion and was demolished in 1994.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 28 June 2013.
