In the spring of 2020 we were very pleased to hear from John Hunt, the nephew of the late Miss Emily Hunt, who has donated a number of interesting newspaper cuttings, photos and other artefacts to C&SM.
Many people who lived in the Crieff area before 1984 will remember F. N. Hunt, drapers at 2 High Street, of which Miss Hunt was the last proprietor, after two hundred years of the Hunt family being associated with the drapery trade in Perth and Crieff.
In 1905 Frederick Ninian Hunt left the family firm in Perth and opened two shops in King Street and in 1924 he took over a similar business (Ames) at 2 High Street and there it remained for sixty years and gave the name to “Hunt corner”. Mr Hunt is the subject of much of the memorabilia we have received, mostly from when he was the Provost for two terms between 1935 and 1941. He died in 1948 and his daughter, Miss Hunt, took over the shop, having moved up from Edinburgh where she had been working hitherto, though for her war service in Scotland, England, India and Ceylon, she was in the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the Royal Navy.
One of the newspaper cuttings includes the announcement of the closure of the business in the Strathearn Herald of 17/11/1984 and this, along with several others will be featured on this web site or in the twitter feed in coming weeks. Meantime, C&SM wish to thank John Hunt for his kindness and generosity and look forward to showing him the Miss Hunt box file in the museum archive when we finally have it all set up.
Many people who lived in the Crieff area before 1984 will remember F. N. Hunt, drapers at 2 High Street, of which Miss Hunt was the last proprietor, after two hundred years of the Hunt family being associated with the drapery trade in Perth and Crieff.
In 1905 Frederick Ninian Hunt left the family firm in Perth and opened two shops in King Street and in 1924 he took over a similar business (Ames) at 2 High Street and there it remained for sixty years and gave the name to “Hunt corner”. Mr Hunt is the subject of much of the memorabilia we have received, mostly from when he was the Provost for two terms between 1935 and 1941. He died in 1948 and his daughter, Miss Hunt, took over the shop, having moved up from Edinburgh where she had been working hitherto, though for her war service in Scotland, England, India and Ceylon, she was in the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the Royal Navy.
One of the newspaper cuttings includes the announcement of the closure of the business in the Strathearn Herald of 17/11/1984 and this, along with several others will be featured on this web site or in the twitter feed in coming weeks. Meantime, C&SM wish to thank John Hunt for his kindness and generosity and look forward to showing him the Miss Hunt box file in the museum archive when we finally have it all set up.
Crieff Town Council Water Inspection at Loch Turret 1935 with Provost Hunt seated with glasses.
Morrisons Academy Preparatory School 1920 with Miss E Hunt indicated with arrow
An extract from Miss Emily Hunt's scrapbook, showing town council officials and friends at Ardlui in 1923
Another extract from Miss Emily Hunt's scrapbook showing an event in 1923