Jim Cochrane shared this WW2 photo with us, adding, “The Far east in WW2. The person on the right is my Great uncle Donny or Donald Marshall Calderside Farm. Don`t know what the Uniform is or the Rank, but i know he was in Burma. He trained as an Electrician and worked for the GPO […]
Jim Cochrane shared this family photo from 1927. Jim told me, “My Gran Annie Main Later Marshall in the middle and her brother Alec to the left and her older sister Christine to the left . This was taken at Little Udston Farm. 1927” I think this picture more than hints at what a hard […]
Jim Cochrane sent in this WW2 photo adding, “Two of my Great Uncles at the back door of Calderside Farm. Robert and I think, Archie on the right. My uncle Bobby never married and worked at Calderside all his life. He was called up in WW2 and was a dispatch rider in Army in the […]
Pictured here around 1937 or so is James Marshall of Calderside. James was the farmer of that large farm and was the great grandfather of Jim Cochrane who sent in this photo. James died at Calderside in 1941.
Elizabeth Weaver has shared these two wonderful Autumnal photos with us, adding, “I took the autumn trees one along Calderside Road a few weeks ago (Oct 14). The other one is Auchentibber. Our family spent many happy hours walking around there when we were growing up in High Blantyre.”
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 […]
Campknowe or Campknow, is a circular mound of earthworks located at Calderside, Auchentibber. The mound is purported to be a Bronze age hill fort dating back to between 2000-700BC and this suggestion has appeared in many accounts over the last few centuries. The site is important for Blantyre as it represents perhaps the oldest known […]