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Davie Crawford’s Tatties, 1977

When the chips are down, High Blantyre man David Crawford knew what growing potatoes was all about – as the “Chieftain” of the tattie race shows! By October 1977, the 69-year-old retired headmaster dug this whopper, measuring a foot long and weighing 3lbs. 12ozs., from his garden at the Schoolhouse, Hunthill Road. Appropriately enough this […]