Warning this story contains upsetting content. In the 1880’s, much of Stonefield Road had wide, expansive fields at either side. Our story today took place in 1882 and remembers the life of a little Blantyre boy, who sadly lost his life in that rural setting. On Tuesday 7th November 1882, five year old Edward Hoolighan, […]
During October 1926, the building inspector of the Middle Ward district of Lanarkshire reported an increasing tendency on the part of people to use for human habitation, temporary buildings of a somewhat insecure nature! A large number of railway carriages had been thrown on the auction market, and the inspector was having considerable difficulty […]
This great little story was published in the Hamilton Advertiser 137 years ago, where 2 miners thought it would be fun to hire a horse drawn carriage for New Year and visit their local pub. (somewhat akin to hiring a big stretch limo these days!) The article as published needs to be reprinted here for […]