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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Moray (Elginshire) => Topic started by: jimr on Sunday 13 January 13 13:35 GMT (UK)
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Does anyone have any idea what and where Fraser's Building was in Forres. I have some died there in 1957 and using Google found no info
Jim Reidford
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LIBINDX http://libindx.moray.gov.uk/mainmenu.asp lists Fraser's Hotel, High Street Forres, which is now the Queen's Hotel. There is a sporting chance that this is the same place. To be certain you'd need to look through the relevant valuation rolls and/or registers of electors. There are copies of these in the Moray Local Heritage Centre in Elgin, and in the National Library of Scotland and National
Archives Records of Scotland in Edinburgh.
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I had the feeling it was maybe a tenement building, but I suppose a hotel is just as likely, or it may have been converted to a hotel. Thanks for that, further investigation needed
Jim
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Hi jimr
From a quick google search, it looks as though it might have been in the Pilmuir area of Forres. If you search for Fraser's buildings + Forres (or Pilmuir), several of the search results relate to addresses in Pilmuir.
Wish I could help more.
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Possible photos here (maybe?)
http://newsprints.co.uk/view/23/6384209/frasers_building_in_forres003_jpg
http://newsprints.co.uk/view/25/6384211/frasers_building_in_forres005_jpg
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Dollymixture
Thanks for those, looking at the condition of them I doubt if they are still in existence
Jim
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Hi Jimr
My father was born at Fraser Buildings in Forres - I think it was demolished about 40-45 years ago.
Pilmuir Primary School and council housing are now there.
I don't know why but the people who stayed there were called "Coalny Hatchers" !
Maggiejay
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Hi Jimr
My father was born at Fraser Buildings in Forres - I think it was demolished about 40-45 years ago.
Pilmuir Primary School and council housing are now there.
I don't know why but the people who stayed there were called "Coalny Hatchers" !
Maggiejay
Hi Jimr
My father was born at Fraser Buildings in Forres - I think it was demolished about 40-45 years ago.
Pilmuir Primary School and council housing are now there.
I don't know why but the people who stayed there were called "Coalny Hatchers" !
Maggiejay
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My great grandfather and his family lived there. I tried to find the buildings this year (2016) and found the primary school which is now there -disappointed >:(
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According to "The Annals of Forres" published in 1934, Frasers Buildings were off Pilmuir Road. There were two rows with their gables towards Pilmuir Road, a total of 36 houses with 46 or 48 tenants. There was a shop in the westernmost gable a grocers owned for many years by a Miss Smith and latterly by her nephew James Smith.
I remember them being there in a poor state but still occupied in the early sixties.
As mentioned in other posts the area has been completely developed
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Not sure if that was what I read when I was up there in September. We went into the Tolbooth and a very nice gentleman kindly showed me some information similar to yours. I managed to find the two photos referred to earlier in this post so at least I now have an idea of what the buildings were like. Thanks!