With thanks to Jenny Day for providing this photo. The berry pickers at Boathouse, Blantyre at the edge of the River Clyde…. including some of Jenny Day’s family. Back row 3rd in, Jessie, Arch Brown with arms folded, unknown male, Robina, front row, Katie, seated, Christina, Jenny’s Grandmother Jessie and Jeannie. This would make the […]
This commonly produced postcard was recently on e-bay and has title, ‘The Boat House, Uddingston”. Actually it would be better phrased saying “Viewed from Uddingston”, for the boathouse at Boatland, Blantyreferme was actually in Blantyre Parish on the western side of the River Clyde boundary. The buildings were old. One of them had 1667 above […]
Here’s a 19th Century engraving published by Young Brothers of Glasgow. Looking south, it prominently shows the ruins of Bothwell Castle looking upstream of the River Clyde. Uddingston’s Ferry Road on the left and Boatland on the right. The topography is somewhat exaggerated likely to fit everything of interest into the one scene, but it […]
All fruit grown at Boathouse, Blantyre (i.e, Apples, Pears, Plums and various Berry fruits) were stocked in the local shops belonging to the Brown family. The Brown’s shops were located at 83 Main Street, Union Buildings, Uddingston, Baillieston was c/oStark 110 Main Street, and the third was in Bothwell. After Archibald died in 1912 and […]
Taken around 1910 or so, is Christina Brown (nee Braid) of Boathouse along with her 4 daughters. Christina was the wife of Archibald Brown, the market gardener at what many of us know as “Boat Jocks” orchard. Standing is Katie on left, Chris is seated. To the right of Christina is Jessie, and Jeannie. […]
Archie Brown was a market gardener and florist at Boathouse (Boat Jocks) from 1874 until 1912. Thanks to his great, granddaughter, Jenny Day, we’ve been looking at his remarkable diary from 1874 and 1875. In this last extract from April 1875, after which Archie or Arch got married to Christina Braid on June 11th 1875 at […]
We’re halfway through our remarkable look at working life in a market garden in 1874 and the amazingly detailed diary of Archie Brown from 1874 and 1875. I hope you’re enjoying the wonderful photos and extracts in these articles. Pictured in 1908 is Boathouse Greenhouses and Orchard at the market garden business. Continuing our […]