Hi Jessie - I've a little look at Joanna Terrace and scheduled a post for the website on 10th Feb. Meantime, here's an advance note: Joanna Terrace leads just off the north side of Glasgow Road, Blantyre. The L shaped block of three storeys, dropping to two storeys in Joanna Terrace itself was built by Aitkenhead Builders who were based at the foot of Sydes Brae. Business owner, Robert Aitkenhead bought land from the Forrest Trustees and built Joanna Terrace in late 1896 into 1897, the first of these family houses let out in April 1897. These were quality built homes, with the convenience of being close to schools and churches in a busy, growing central area of Blantyre. However, these being slightly more expensive than other nearby homes, they attracted business merchants, rather than miners. Joanna Terrace was initially the homes of Blantyre merchants. Amongst initial tenants were policemen, grocers, masons, shoemakers, confectioners, contractors and butchers. By 1905, Robert Aitkenhead had passed away but the building remained in the hands of his trustees. By WW1, Joanna Terrace had been bought by John and Margaret Taylor, renting out multiple homes. They lived at 268 Bath Street Glasgow and John was a successful barber. Their ownership continued from the 1910’s until at least just after WW2. The first time we see the Young family at Joanna Terrace is in 1925, where according to the valuation roll, James Young, sub postmaster lived there. Remember though 2 Joanna Terrace also had frontage on to Glasgow Road, a total of 6 homes at that address. The general strike in 1926 brought significant unemployment to the country and prompted mass migration of people from one town to another in search of better prospects and employment. For many, this proved unsuccessful and this was a time when families turned to attractive adverts in newspapers promising ‘streets of paved gold’ in Canada and America. Quite often the menfolk going out first to secure work, then their families following later. However, this didn’t always work out well and lots of people returned to Scotland, my own grandfather John Duncan, included. It may be in Jessie’s query her relatives were simply staying short term, or boarding at a family members house, prior to their emigration. Well known Blantyre folk who lived at Joanna Terrace included Rev Father Hackett of St Josephs, and Dr Michael J. Harkin. In early October 1930, William Brown, who resided at 2 Joanna Terrace, Blantyre suffered injuries, shock and cuts to his head when a double decker bus collided with a motor vehicle at the Victoria Bridge over the Clyde, Gorbals, Glasgow. The bus toppled over. He was kept in overnight at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Joanna Terrace still stands today, the building in good order though the area around it with Neil Gordon Gate, the new St Josephs School and now Blantyre Life Care Hub has changed considerably.