Gwyn Ogden shared this photo of High Blantyre Main Street. Gwyn told me this was “pictured in 1979 at 294 Main Street, near the top cross”. The cottage is derelict today not far from the traffic lights. Pictured just over 40 years ago, are some children including Gwyn’s three oldest children Robert, Matthew and Natalie […]
Gwyn Ogden writes, “Hi. This photo is of my Grandfather, George Thomas with his daughters Alice, Jessie and at the front, Jean. I am the youngest daughter of Jean Thomas who married into the Fleming family. They are pictured outside of their home on Main Street, High Blantyre.” If you zoom in on the photo […]
I was sent this same photo by two different people, both Alex Rochead and Isabel Fleming, and was able to put them both into contact with each other, as clearly there were people in their ancestry line who were common to both families and a very strong chance that Isabel of East Kilbride and Alex […]
A panoramic huge group photo now from 1886. Whilst light has got to this photo a little, the detail is remarkably preserved when you consider these Blantyre people were photographed almost 130 years ago! Shared here by Isabel Fleming of East Kilbride, the group photo is of a church or Sunday outing taken at Louden Hill. Some […]
Continued from Part 1 By 1881, widowed Arthur Leggat was 70 years old and by the time had moved from Bothwell back to his birth-town of Avondale where he would see out his days. His widowed sister, Isabella Stuthers aged 53, lived and worked with him as his housekeeper in Avondale at East Newton Cottage. […]
In early February 2015, Blantyre man Alex Rochead emailed me this photo, adding, “I have attached a photo of my grandmother Janet Hamilton Fleming. She is the dairymaid on the right hand of the photo. Both ladies are dressed in a similar manner to other photos of Blantyre maids. Janet was living at Shawmoss Farm, Pollokshields […]