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 […]
This photo sent in by Jm Cochrane shows the Wilson family, who farmed at Auchentibber.
I’m posting this just as a reference aid for anybody interesting in Blantyre Farms. Thanks to Jim Cochrane for supplying this little list of Blantyre Farms, which although not exhaustive of all farms, certainly provides a great record of the owners of many of them at the turn of the 20th Century. This little list […]