Arthur Leggat was born on 28 March 1895 at Springpark to parents Matthew Leggat and Isabella Fleming. He married to Annie Lamont Davidson on 1 August 1934 and they set up home at 14 Stonefield Cresent. They are pictured here at their wedding day and again some time later that decade. Arthur died aged 67 […]
The Hamilton Advertiser reported when wounded WW1 soldiers were brought to Auchentibber and entertained, with local business owners presenting them with gifts and honours for their bravery. The report on Saturday 2nd September 1916 told: “The military age portion of the village Auchentibber have done nobly in this war, as witness the Roll of Honour which […]
Pictured as a young man, Arthur Rochead is out delivering milk in the 1940s. Alex Rochead told me, “My uncle Arthur was born on 17 May 1929. Here is is delivering milk before the use of milk bottles.” If he’s eighteen or so in this photo, it may be around 1947. The location looks like […]