Following the tale of neglect at Forrest Place, High Blantyre told yesterday, I have a couple more incidents at the same property which also happened in June 1907. This may give an indication of some of the troubled lives attached to some residents in that property. A Hungry Man’s an Angry man. This is the […]
Whenever I read about families in times gone by neglecting children, I have to wonder if parents had no choice because of poverty, rather than doing it deliberately or through cruelty. Such a case follows from 1907 and a warning that the content may be upsetting. On Wednesday 5th June 1907, Charles McGuigan a brusher […]
Thank you to Christina Forrest for sending in her father’s photo of the General’s Bridge, Stoneymeadow Road. A horse and cart is pictured crossing over the Bridge and the scene looks similar to today. The back of the photo is dated 1924. Christina told me, “I’m not sure how my father ended up with this […]
The T junction at the top of Broompark Road where it meets Main Street wasn’t always a T junction. It used to be a crossroads! On the 1890s maps, a street called “Forrest Place” led off Main Street towards the South, opposite Broompark Road. Leading to five tenement style houses, it would appear Forrest Place […]