Old Travel Blog Photograph Orchar Park Broughty Ferry Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of people in Orchar Park in Broughty Ferry by Dundee, Scotland. Orchar Park became a part of the City of Dundee in 1923, under the Extension of the City Act. In 1887, on the occasion of the First Jubilee of Queen Victoria, the conversion of the lease of the ground was acquired by the Commissioners, of the Burgh at that time and in 1890 James Guthrie Orchar, born 1825, died 1898, who was for many years Provost of Broughty Ferry, at his own expense, erected the wall and railing by which the Park is surrounded. A provost, introduced into Scots from French, is the ceremonial head of many Scottish local authorities, and under the name prévôt was a governmental position of varying importance in Ancien Régime France. Historically the provost was the chief magistrate or convener of a Scottish burgh council, the equivalent of a mayor in other parts of the English speaking world.



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