Exploring the life of another Blantyre person. From the Hamilton Advertiser 11/7/1925. Page 2. BLANTYRE FOLK – ALEXANDER WATSON COAL MINER OF AUCHENTIBBER VILLAGE. DEATH OF MR ALEXANDER WATSON “Only a week ago it was our pleasant duty to chronicle the opening of Auchentibber Welfare Institute under the most happy auspices; to-day it is our sad lot to […]
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Arthur Leggat, WW1
What a great WW1 photo of Arthur Leggat of Springpark, Auchentibber shared here by Isabella Fleming via Alex Rochead! I had wondered what the little separate satchels were for on the leather band around his chest? Carmen King Gallagher provided the answer by telling me, “Around 1903 the Bandolier was used in the Second Boer […]


