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Bonkil, Sir William 1482
' Boogie Bar, The ' 1993, 1995
Book of Assumptions & the account of.... 1561
Boot & Shoe Operatives, National Union of 1874
Booth, Ian & Phyllis 1979, 1980, 2000, 2003, 2006
Booth, T. ( organs ) 1885
Booth, William 1936, 1979
Boots the chemist 1982
Border Movies Ltd 1985
Border, the Scottish / English 1237
Boswell, James 1773
Bothy Lounge, The 1978, 1984
Bothy Nichts competition ( Grampian TV ) 1972
Boulton Watt engine 1806
Boulzie Hill, The 1856, 1940
Boundary changes, Parish 1891
Boundary Commissioners 1891
Bourach Brothers 2007
Bowlers Lounge, The 1986, 2011
Bowling Green Inn, The 1986
Bowls 1861, 1878, 1966, 2006
Bowmaker, Robert 1419
Boyce (Boys), George 1472, 1473, 1476
Boys Brigade 1922
Boysack 1678, 1842
Boysack Muir 1833
Bradley, D. 2007
Brady, Matt 2006
Braemar Knitwear 1966, 1975
Braid, James 1931
Braid, Muriel 2002
Braik's Wynd 1746, 1905, 1995
'Brand X' 1947
Brandy 1738, 1809
'Breakers' 1981
Breakwater, The 2007
'Breath of Scotland' show 2005
Brecbennoch of St Columba 1211
Brechin 1986, 1997, 1999
Brechin Road 1853, 1866, 1908, 1969, 1983
Breitling Wingwalkers 2010
Bremnar, the Misses ( millenery shop ) 1900
Bremner, John ( printing works ) 1900, 1927
Breweries 1809, 1971
Bridge Street 1857
'Brigadoon' ( AMS production ) 1996
Briggs, William & Sons Ltd 1865, 1892, 1941, 1970
Brighton 1955
'Brighton Belle, The' ( trackless train ) 1957, 1995
Bristol 1795
' Britain, or a Chorographical Description of....' 1610
British Blues All Stars 2009
British Flag 1606
British India Steam Navigation Co. 1852, 1914
'British Industries Challenge Cup' 1926
British Linen Bank 1855, 1976
'Brittannia', The 1881
Brochty-cragge 1610
Brodie, John 1846, 1880, 1885, 1887, 1900, 1904, 1920
Brodie, Capt. Joseph 1799
Brodie & Salmond 1887
Brokehead HQ 2005
Broomhill 1768
Brothock Bank House 1920s, 1964, 1969
Brothock Bridge 1840, 1855, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1887, 1920, 1924, 1936, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1966, 1968-9, 1976, 1981, 1985, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2005
Brothock Cleaners 1965
Brothock Mill 1806, 1936, 1975, 2012
Brothock Ward 2003
Brothock Water (Burn) BC, 1457, 1753, 1793, 1813, 1864, 1883
Broughty Ferry 1959, 1985, 2009, 2011
Brown, Alexander 1814, 1843, 1870, 1880
Brown, Andrew 2010
Brown & Co. 1820
Brown, D. 1952
Brown, George Washington 1921
Brown, Morna 2006
Brown, Patrick ( shoe shop ) 1885
Brown, Rod 1975
Brown, T. 1925
Brown, William ( lifeboat skipper ) 1888
Brown, Willim ( Bill ) Dalls Fyfe ( goalkeeper ) 1931, 2004
Brown's Grain Store 1971
Bruce 1878
Bruce, Robert ( see Robert de Brus / Robert 1, King )
Bruce & Co., solicitors ( High Street 1 )
Bruce, Brian 1960
Bruce, Dair 1975
Bruce, Coxwain David 1953
Bruce, Richard 2011
'Bruce's' 1973
Brunel 1795
Brunton Farms 2007
Brus ( see Robert de Brus / Robert 1, King )
Brussels 2005
Brydy, Malcolm, Abbot 1456, 1462, 1470
BT telephone kiosks 1992
Buchan to Arbroath chart 1409
Buenos Aires 1884, 1923
Buffalo Bill's Circus 1904
Buff Bill 1904
Buick 1965
Buick Car Co. 1854, 1882, 2004
Buick, Eric 2004
Buick, H. 1919
Buick Manufacturing Co. 1902
Buick, David Dunbar 1854, 1890, 1902, 1929, 2004
Bull, Ross 2005
Bunter's Tearoom 2001
Burgesses 1400s
Burgh Court, Arbroath 1809
Burgh, founding of 1178
Burgh Treasurer 1608
Burial Cists Page 'Lang sinsyne', 1813, 1863, 1998
Burness, Lawrence R. 1993, 2004
Burnett, Darren 2006, 2014
Burn's Bar 2005, 2007, 2011
Burns Federation, The 1949
Burns 'Oily' 1942
Burns, Robert 2011
Burns, Robert, statue of 1959
Burnside Athletic FC 1890
Burnside Drive 1812, 1828, 1969, 1970-1, 1973-4, 1981, 1985, 1990, 2007-8, 2010, 2012
Burnside Works 1888, 1906, 1985
Burt, John 2006
Bus deregulation 1986
Bus Station, Arbroath ( Burnside Drive ) 1981, 2010
Bush, Kate 1947
But 'n' Ben Restaurant, The 1976
Butchart, James 1681-2-3-4-5, 1822
Butter 1809
Buttermarket 1859
Buxey Sand near Burnham on Crouch 1906
Byars, David ( dress maker ) 1885
Byatt, Lucy ( Hospitalfield Centre for Art & Culture ) 2012
'Bygones' ( musical group ) 2012
Byrne, John ( artist & playwright ) 2011
Byrne, Steve ( folk singer-songwriter ) 2010
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B & Q ( store ) 2012
Baba Blues 2007
Baby Jane 2008
Bacchanal 2007
Back Abbey Street 1821
Baden Powell Road, Kirkton Ind. Est. 2013
Baffeez 1884
Bailies 1601, 1894, 1975
Baillie, William 1926
Baird, Alexander ( ship's mate ) 1884
Baird, Andrew Blain 1st 2013
Baird, Andrew Blain 2nd 2013
Baird Monoplane 2013
Baird, Hugh & Son 2000
Bairds Malt 2000, 2008, 2010
Baker, Kevin & Karen 2007
Bakers 1894
Balchristian Church 1783
Ballantyne, R M 1865
Ballast Hill 1815
Bally's Night Club 1988, 1993
Baltic 1682-4, 1800, 1831,1879, 1894, 1907, 1917
Baltic Works 1861
Bandstand in Springfield Park 1958
Banking Company, The Arbroath 1825
Bank notes 1825
Bank of Scotland 1855, 1857, 1976 ( + see High Street 1 )
Bank Street 1988
Bannatyne ( surname ) 1942
Bannatyne Club, the 1847-8
Bannockburn, Battle of 1314
Baptist Church, Arbroath 1828, 1873, 1891
Baptist Church, Arbroath Inverbrothock 1828
Barbour's Croft 1989
Barclay Ross 1869
'Barfleur', HMS 1779 Bark 1846
Barley & Drying Facility, new ( Elliot ) 2008
Barnardo's ( childrens charity ) 2006
Barnet, James Johnstone 1827
Barngreen 1753, 1966, 1959, 1972
Barrow, Geoffrey 2003
Barrow, John 1842
Barry 1229
Barry, Battle of 1010
Bash Street Kids, The 2007
Bathing pavilion, ladies 1900
Bathing Pool, the 1933-4-5, 1981-2, 1993, 2010
Bathing Station 1930, 1956
Bathurst Courthouse, N. S. Wales 1827
Battle of Britain 2008
Bay City Rollers 2008
BBC TV 1947, 1952, 1970, 2000, 2006, 2011
BBC2 Scotland 2007
'BBC Food & Farming Awards' 2006
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 2008
'Beach Hut Tanning & Beauty' 2005
Beachamp (Boushan) 1778
Beacon Green 2007-8
Beacon Prize for Scotland 2007
Beano, The 2007
Bearfauld Road 2012
Beaton (Betoun), David, Abbot 1517, 1524, 1525, 1539, 1545-6, 2011
Beaton (Betoun), James, Abbot 1518, 1545
Beattie 1958, 1965
Beattie, Ian (Gents Hairdressing Salon) 1973
Beattie, Jessie 1948-9
Beattie, Mary ( florist ) 2006
Beattie, Sandy 1984
Beatty, Dennis 1984
Beauty competition 1953
Becci 1965
Beckets 2006-7
Beech Grove 1973
Beef prices 1790, 1812, 1819, 1833
Beggs, Dr. ( G.P. ) 1985
Belfast, Northern Ireland late 1920s
Belgium 2007
Bell Rock 1804, 1887, 1970
Bell Rock Blues Festival 2007-8-9-10-11
Bell Rock Lane 1800, 1838
Bell Rock Lighthouse 1768, 1804, 1807-8, 1810-11, 1814, 1815, 1820, 1843, 1865, 1886, 1890, 1902, 1911, 1915, 1918, 1940, 1955, 1964, 1969, 1975, 1987, 2010-11
Bell Rock lighthouse Ale 2011
Bell Rock Lighthouse, model of 1810, 2008
'Bell Rock' Restaurant 1969, 2003, 2005-6
Bell Rock Tavern, The 1971
Bell Rock workyard 1807
Bell & Weir ( boot repairs ) 1885
'Belle Of New York, The' ( AMS production ) 1947
Bellvue House 1956, 2006
'Beltane Rites, The' 1947
Benedict XX11, Pope 1396
Benedict Road 1950, 2009
Benedictine Monks 1178, 1211, 1445
Benvie, Niall 1964
Berlin, 750th anniversary of the founding of 1987
Berlin, the Mayor of 1987
Bernard, Abbot (and Chancellor of Scotland ) 1307, 1309, 1314, 1320, 1331, 2001
Berrie, Joe ( Barber ) 1965 ( + see High Street 1 )
Bervie 1826
'Bervie Chipper, The' 2003, 2006
Berwick Rangers 1958, 2007
Best, George 1982
Bethelnie, Church of 1263
'Betsy & Helen', the ( fishing boat ) 1887
BFI Special Award For Services To The Film Industry 1947
Bibby, Rachel 2005
Billboard magazine 1947
Billings 1852
'Bingo Lifeline', The RNLB 2008
Bingo sessions 1961
Binns, Joseph ( organ maker ) 2004
Birch Path 1973
Birmingham 1734, 1950s
Birnie, Bruce ( motorcyclist ) 2007
Birnie, Robert T. ( Chief Constb. of Forfarshire C.C. ) 1922
Birse, George 1908
'Birthdays' ( greeting cards ) 2010
'Bistro, The' 1985
Blackburn Rovers 1866
'Black & White Minstrels, The Angus' 1961, 2005
Black, G.K. 1907
Black, Rev. P.F. 1946
Black, Russell 2005
Black Shed, the 1994
Black Watch, The 1918
Blacket, Edmund 1827
Blackman Air Propeller Co. 1900
Blacksmith's wages 1812, 1819, 1833
Blair, William 1827
'Blairdene' Guest House & Restaurant 2005
Bleachfields 1807, 1894
Bloomfield Crescent 1997
Bloomfield House 1963
'Blue Angel Inn, The' 2004-5
'Blue Bell Inn, The' 1850s
Blue Hyenas, The 2007 'Blue Riband', the ( music award ) 1926, 1970, 1985, 2011
Blyth, J. 1980, 1987
Blyth (Northumberland) 1864
Board of Trade 1884
Boatbuilders 1750s, 1773, 1779, 1795, 1808, 1814, 1817, 1819, 1827-8, 1835, 1844-6, 1849, 1851-3, 1855-7, 1860, 1864, 1887, 1894, 1955
Boath's 'Inchcape' Cycle Depot 1901
Boats 1740, 1742, 1750, 1768, 1776, 1781, 1790, 1799, 1807, 1808, 1815, 1825, 1826, 1830, 1841, 1846, 1850-3, 1856, 1863-4, 1872, 1875-6, 1879-80, 1887, 1890-1, 1899, 1901, 1906-7, 1918, 1928, 1950, 1953, 1960-1, 1973, 1976, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2001-2, 2005-6, 2009-10, 2012, 2014 ( + page 'Arbr. Boats' )
Bolivia, U.S. Ambassador to 1833 (1893)
Bombing practise 1940
Bombing raids 1941
Bombs, unexploded 1996
Bon Accord FC 1885, 1996