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The General Assembly...
Dr. Robert Lee was played by Arthur Shields in MGM’s ‘Challenge to Lassie’ while Greg Wise took the part of the minister of Old Greyfriars Kirk in ‘The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby’. Dr. Lee was a man ahead of his time. The congregation of Greyfriars sang hymns without musical accompaniment as Presbyterian churches were not fitted with pipe organs. In 1808 when the minister of St. Andrew’s Church in Glasgow installed an organ he immediately received an order to have the instrument removed. When Greyfriars Kirk was rebuilt after being destroyed by fire, Bobby would have heard the sound of organ music coming from the church as in addition to installing coloured glass windows Dr. Lee took the opportunity to install a harmonium which was later replaced by a pipe organ in 1865. ‘The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby’ DVD is now available at the Tartan Weaving Mill on the Castlehill. The Mill which consists of five storeys is well worth a visit as it shows how tartan is made from the shearing of the sheep to the finished product. Visitors can also have their photograph taken in full Highland dress with bagpipes and a broadsword. |
The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is now meeting daily at the Assembly Hall on the Mound.
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