Thank you to Norma Matt who shared these 2 photos of the former Calderside Cottage. Norma told me, “My great uncle James Downie was born in that cottage in 1885 so the structure is definitely older than that. The story in my family is that there is a rock near the cottage that my uncle […]
Norma Marr in Calgary has shared this charming photo of a former house in High Blantyre. Pictured in 1969 is the previous Calderside Cottage, part of the Calderside Rows. Norma told me, “Our uncle, James Downie, was born there.” Despite the well kept look of the terraced row, these homes were demolished not long […]