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Old Photograph Ruthven House Meigle Scotland
Old photograph of Ruthven House by Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland. John Bannerman Milne, born 1902, died 1968, once owned this house. He was born one of three sons of Charles Milne, a Dundee coal merchant. When he was nine, he bought his first violin. By the age of sixteen, he was working at Dura Works Jute Mill from 5.30am to 6.00pm, teaching the violin from 6.00pm to 8.00pm and then playing in a dance hall until midnight. His first entertainment job was at the Variety Theatre, Dundee, as a 19 shillings a week " musical director and cleaner ". He eventually bought the theatre in 1925 and never looked back. Within ten years he presided over a theatre, cinema and bingo empire that stretched from Stornaway to Galashiels. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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