This previously unseen photo was taken with exceptional clarity in 1947. As WW2 ended, the Priory Bing had partially collapsed into the River Clyde, blocking part of the river. That happened just out the photo to the left. Above and out the photo was Bothwell Castle. Looking round to the right we see the […]
Thank you to Scott Allison for sharing this photo of his precious bottle of whisky. Dating from 1970, the bottle is unopened, a gift from former Hastie’s Farm, Stonefield. A wonderful thing to have and how nostalgic. I would be hard pressed not to have popped that cork by now!
Two chaps stand on the former Milheugh Stone Bridge, near the bend on the Pech Brae. Taken in the 1940s, you can see that this previous stone bridge once had iron railings, perhaps removed very recent to this picture for the iron drive during wartime years. The men are standing above where the small tunnel […]
Celebrations marking a hundred years since the birth of explorer, David Livingstone took place in 1913. These were undertaken nationally and locally throughout that year – the Rt Hon.Earl Curzon of Kedleston, as Chairman of the Geographical Society said at a meeting at Burlington House, London – “As a missionary, Livingstone was the sincere […]
In 1913, as the country celebrated 100 year centenary of Livingstone’s birth, a memorial tablet was also unveiled in St James Congregational Church, Hamilton, with which the Livingstone family was associated. David as a young man had become a member of that church. Mr. William Naismith of the Yews, who knew the Livingstone family, performed […]
The final instalment of Flora Dickson Potter’s memoirs and research about Auchentibber. Written in her own words, Flora in this part discussed the Auchentibber War Memorial. “By 1919, the war having ended, war memorials were springing up in many towns and villages. JBH Struthers and Miss Wallace were the organisers of a fund that was […]
Pictured in the late 1890’s and in 1905 is the Water Fountain at High Blantyre. It occurred to me recently that nothing much has been written about this fountain, which must have served as a very prominent feature within Blantyre for many decades. I decided to look into its history and was surprised to learn, […]