Continuing our look at Archibald Brown’s amazing diary from 1874. Archie was a market gardener and florist at Boathouse (Boat Jocks) although was travelling between several farms at the time with his services. It is transcribed exactly as it was written and tells of a hard working life and much walking between farms. Pictured […]
Continuing our look at Archibald Brown’s amazing diary from 1874. As you may be aware by now, between 1874 and 1912, Archie was a market gardener and florist at Boathouse (Boat Jocks), Blantyre. He initially travelled between several farms at the time with his services. It is transcribed exactly as it was written. Pictured […]
Continuing our look at Archibald Brown’s amazing diary from 1874. Archie was a market gardener and florist at Boathouse (Boat Jocks) although was travelling between several farms at the time with his services. It is transcribed exactly as it was written with added comments from myself in brackets. Pictured is a nice painting of the […]
This week, I have a real treat in store. During the 1870’s Mr Archibald Brown moved to Boathouse, the area of Blantyre at the side of the River Clyde, which some of us would more commonly know as “Boat Jocks”. Even in the 1870’s this was some time after ferryman “Boat Jock.” In Springtime […]
At 3pm on Wednesday the 29th August 1928, the diary of Alexander MacCallum Scott washed up on the shore of Discovery Bay, Canada. Why this is relevant to Blantyre Project is due to the fact that McCallum Scott was a Blantyre man, an MP, who died an early death in a foreign, early passenger […]
“The Boathouse, Blantyre” by James Cornfield 2008 The late Jimmy Cornfield wrote a lovely poem in 2008, to an area he was fond of. Boathouse (or Boatland to give it its proper title) near the River Clyde. It goes as such, “Twixt Clyde and Calder near Haughead. , ‘tis where our native people did tread, […]
Situated at Blantyreferme, Boathouse Farmhouse was a small three roomed stone built house with a kitchen. It had a large storage loft at the top of it, which was entered by a permanent large ladder situated on the gable wall of the cottage. (as pictured in 1910). A bed for the servant girl was built […]