Jim Cochrane sent in this wonderful aerial view of Calderside Farm, near Sydes Brae. Jim contacted me in mid November 2014 commenting, “Aerial View of Calderside farm Late 1950s early 1960s,think its after the Electricity was first installed in 1960 but not sure. Calderside Farm would have been a big farm in its Heyday and […]
Jim Cochrane has kindly shared some of his family photos here. Jim’s family have connections to Calderside Farm and like all the best kind of photos, usually have plenty of people in them! The first with the boy and little girl at the horse, is Jim’s uncle Jim Marshall and his mother, pictured at Calderside […]
Thank you to Jim Cochrane for sharing this photo of Calderside Farm. Taken in the 1950’s, Jim was able to give me some more information meaning I could update my article about Calderside Farm, here http://blantyreproject.com/2014/09/17/calderside-farm-pits-auchentibber/ Jim told me, “the house dates back to 1825, but the buildings around it are much older, dating between […]
Pictured here in 2012 is Calderside Farm in Auchentibber. Located in Blantyre Parish, the farm sits high up on the fields just off Calderside Road and commands impressive views of both Blantyre and East Kilbride. In trying to find out when the farm was built, unfortunately Roys map of 1747 just ends at the field […]