It’s a subject I’ve not written much about, but was part of everyday life. Just how did our Victorian ancestors in Blantyre go to the toilet?! As you can imagine, separation of toilet facilities was often kept outdoors, either in common privvys in separate blocks outwith homes or at the back end of a house […]
During Springtime 2015, Robert Stewart dropped in a book to me, (which I sincerely thank him here for this gift). The book was a Country Council book dating to March 1964 and had been found when the old Janitors house on Hunthill Road was cleared out, amongst rubbish intended for the skip. Robert, with permission […]