COTTAGE TO PALACE
• MINER M.P. (United Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright) •■■ londonv 30th May. "Good luck, Jimmy," cried the neighbours when Mr James Brown, M.P., who is an ex-miner, accompanied by his wife, who is an ex-mill girl, left their three-roomed cottage at Annbank, Ayrshire, for Holyrood Palace. There "Jimmy,".- as Lord. High Commissioner, represents the King at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Mr Brown intended ' motoring from the village to the railway station, but the miners jovially restrained the chauffeur from starting the engine, and towed the car with ropes. Mrs Brown, clad in a simple travelling frock, her ample skirt reaching her ankles, confessed that she was a "wee bit sorry" to exchange her cottage for the Palace, but added: "It is only for ten days:" Mr and Mrs Brown's granddaughter Peggy was the most excited member of the party. "It is the most .wonderful day of my life," she said.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 31 May 1930, Page 9
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