Hopefully this is the first time you’ll have seen this wonderful high resolution photo of the McLean Brothers (of Springfield Mineral Water Company), High Blantyre. I believe the photo was taken around 1910 and I have zoomed in on several features and characters in the picture, for more detail. The photo was taken in Priestfield […]
It’s with sincere thanks to Colin Gilchrist, for providing some photos attached to this article, which explores a subject close to my home area, i.e. The story of the McLean family and their Aerated Water Business. (Fizzy water). As I write and research this article, I’m looking out on land on Main Street where their […]
Betty McLean in Canada recently sent me these photos, adding. “These photos are of my husband Alex. He lived in Morris Crescent for the early years of his life before moving to Russell St Burnbank. He was President of the American Iron and Steel Society in 1986. In 1998 the society held a conference to […]