History of Arbroath to the Present Time: With Notices of the Civil And Ecclesiastical Affairs of ...
History of Arbroath to the Present Time: With Notices of the Civil And Ecclesiastical Affairs of ...
George Hay
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The other grounds were not specified ; but one of them, doubtless, was that the Guildry, in its social aspects, served some 1 Knox's History of the Reformation, toL ii. p. 198. Chap. IV.] THE GUILDRY AND POLITICS. 311 of the purposes of a club. Indeed, the Guild Hall got converted into a coffee-room, or reading-room, — a character which it maintained till a few years ago, — and the premises were a good deal devoted to social recreation. In the early years of the present century, the hall was th...e place where were held the evening assemblies. Such assemblies were much more common at that time than now. The population of the town was smaller than it is at present, and there was less wealth, but the mingling with the burgesses of the county lairds, several of whom continued to reside in the burgh in the winter months, had not ceased. To adapt it for these evening meetings, the Guild Hall was supplied with lustres costing a hundred guineas; they were the gift of the Hon. William Maule, a bountiful patron of the social as well as of the educational and charitable institutions of the burgh.
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