Drummond News & other publications
The DCA's annual newsletter, "Drummond News", is the best record of local events across the years, distributed free to all homes in Drummond Place
We also publish a brief history of Drummond Place & a selection of notelets and Christmas cards featuring the image on our home page by Iain MacIntosh, illustrator to Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street novels
And we have filmed our archive too. Buy a DVD to see what moved the people of Drummond Place 20, 30 & 40 years back
DCA notelet
notelets & christmas cards HOW MUCH & where to get ?
We sell notelets. There are four photos of various corners of Drummond Place, as well as a drawing by John Knight. The price is £4 for a pack of four.
We have Christmas cards, on a red background, with Iain MacIntosh's now famous drawing of Drummond Place on their cover. (The image is the one on our home page.) Price: £4 for a pack of five.
Iain McIntosh's image is also avaible on A5 notelets (in green, green & blue, or red) at £4 for 4.
You can order these by emailing the secretary. Or ring him: 0131 466 5837. He will deliver locally, and collect cheques or cash in payment. All proceeds support the DCA in its work.
And there are gifts too - read on.
"the story of drummond place" by lettice milne ray
This genial, brief (40 page) history of Drummond Place was first published in 1952. We have kept it in print at £5.
Copies are on sale at our AGM, or email email the secretary.
minute books & newsletter buy a dvd of our archive
We have filmed our Newsletter and Minute Books since the formation of the DCA in 1968 prior to deposit in an archive. You can buy a DVD of the images for £5.
It is fascinating to glimpse our predecessors across the years, who they were and what moved them. The secretary was once a rising advocate, named Rifkind ...
Please email the secretary.
We hope shortly to film the archives of the Garden Committee, which stretch back into the mid-1800s.
"drummond news" download our free newsletter
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