Wednesday 18th July 1917 saw a somewhat serious accident befall upon Mr Robert Provan (62). As he worked in gathering hay at Craighead Farm, he slipped and fell heavily into a hay fork, which had only been sharpened that morning! One of the fork prongs pierced his windpipe and another, his neck below the left […]
Next, a bit of a tall tale to believe, but was reported nonetheless. Will leave it up to you as to whether it was possible or not. In 1966, when the Drovers family moved from Kelso to Blantyre, they brought their cat ‘Snookie’ with them. Shortly after, the cat sneaked off, went missing and […]
Extensive damage was caused to farm buildings by an outbreak of fire at Craighead Farm, once situated just off Whistleberry Road on Wednesday 24th August 1955. The farm, formed part of the estate of Craighead Retreat House was then owned by tenant Mr James Barrett. The fire was discovered at 8.45am by James’s 11 […]