Thank you to Jim Cochrane for sharing these photos of 6 Watson Place, Blantyre. Jim told me, “6 Watson Place back Garden. Constructed in steel. My great GrandParents lived here From the 1930s William and Catherine Cochrane. Then my Uncle Bill and Aunt Liz Cochrane untill the late 1990s.” In the other picture (from 1960s), “My […]
Two great photos of family farming life captured in the mid to late 1960’s. Shared here by Jim Cochrane, he adds, “My Gran Annie Marshall having an afternoon nap with her cats in the Kitchen at Calderside,During the Late 60s. She was up at 5.30 every morning 7 days a week to help with the […]
On 5th September 1921, a will was lodged for John Richard Cochrane, Justice of the Peace and owner of Calderglen House, Low Blantyre. A considerably wealthy man was many business interests, the will proved to be complex at 36 pages and certainly gave an insight into how comfortable this family was. Too extensive to type out, […]
Jim Cochrane shared this family photo adding, “My Mum ,My Sister Anne ,Our Dog Prince and our Pet Sheep at Calderside in 1969.”
I’ve recently been sent details of a few restoration projects in Blantyre. From Buildings and equipment to changing things back to the way they were. All very exciting and posts for another day, but this particular restoration caught my eye. Jim Cochrane shared these 2014 photos adding, “My Great Grandfather’s horse cart. (belonging to James […]
Jim Cochrane shared another family photo, adding, “My Gran Cochranes Sister Agnes (Melville) .This picture dates from about 1940 when she joined the Womans Land Army. Agnes was posted to farms in the North East of Scotland mostly Morayshire where she worked on various farms . She found that she liked farm life and the […]
Jim Cochrane shared this family photo added, “This is my Gran Isa Cochrane or Isabella Andrew Melville. This picture was taken in about 1940 before she was married. She worked as a bus conductress on Glasgow corporation buses or Clipie. When she got married my grandfather and her lived for a while at 6 Watson […]