Dean's Court Mystery?

[fight club]

Where is Dean's Court?

Talked to some people who said they lived in Dean's Court and they were dressed up like famous people, they said they were part of the oldest society in St. Andrews.

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[Gatty Scumbelina]

[s]fight club wrote on 19:12, 20th Oct 2003:
Where is Dean's Court?



Isn't that the one across the end of north st and south st by the cathedral?

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[Al]

Yes it is.

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[Valen_gr]

yup

[Dee]

Any ideas about the costumes, and "oldest society" though?

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[monkeymadness]

isn't the oldest society in st andrews and in britain the "the theology society"?

[Laura]

No! It is quite clearly the debating Society!

[Cain]

[s]Laura wrote on 11:43, 21st Oct 2003:
No! It is quite clearly the debating Society!


isn't it just the oldest debating society, rather than the oldest society?

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[Eliot Wilson]

Even then, we're on shaky ground.

I believe the St. Mary's Society is the oldest in St. Andrews, and possibly Britain. Don't know who the costumed Dean's Court freaks were, though.

[fight club]

They were dressed up like cowboys, china men and famous golfers. I think there was even one dressed as a great poet.

They said that the "oldest society" had something to do with the Cathedral, but would not elaborate.

[Bonnie]

The Celtic Society claim to be the oldest (and continuously run) university student society.

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[Eliot Wilson]

Indeed they do. And, as I understand it, entirely spuriously.

[Miss Maryland]

all men? they could be masons.


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[Kibet]

[s]fight club wrote on 14:23, 21st Oct 2003:
They were dressed up like cowboys, china men and famous golfers. I think there was even one dressed as a great poet.



the simplest explanation is possibly the correct explanation or something like that. could it not just be that they were trying out their costumes for halloween? or is that too simple?

[Laura]

I am very confused now, and stand corrected- it does, however, surprise me that St. Andrews has societies founded before the 1790's that have survived (debating being the acception, which is why I assumed it was the oldest.)
I wonder if the Dean's Courter "dressed as a great poet" could have been a case of mistaken identity- it may have just been the real life great poet who actually lives in Dean's Court. God knows about the others, though.

[Eliot Wilson]

I believe that the St. Mary's Theological Society dates back to the middle of the sixteenth century.

[Dee]

Of course it could be a concerted plan by Dean's Court to get the people talking about them. Perhaps they resent being the Hall no-one knows anything about and are playing a trick on this witness?

[Laura]

I doubt that the Dean's Court folks are all that bothered what anyone else thinks! Thankyou for setting me straight Mr. Wilson, I am very ignorant on matters of St Andrews history so should'nt have jumped into the conversation at all really!
However, does anyone know if these Dean's Court residents were headed in the direction of the Theological society in fancy dress? That may be undermining the traditional foundations of the organisation to some degree.

[fight club]

I actually found out that Dean's Court is apparently the oldest living quarters in St. Andrews... Additionally, the dining hall dates back to the 10th or 11th century, give or take a few years.

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[Valen_gr]

yup, you should see it, it's awesome!!