Margaret Campbell shared this lovely family photo taken during the early 1940s. Margaret told me, “This is one of Mum & Dad taken from 1 Priory Rd with the old air raid shelter. The photo was taken during the Second World War when they were courting. The roof line of buildings behind were the shops […]
Walking in Greenhall Park in August 2015, I noticed that large areas of the sloping field were covered in little mounds of earth. This is of course due to the burrowing nighttime activity of moles. It reminded me of my grandmother, Mary Duncan (nee Danskin) of Stonefield Crescent. During the 1970’s, my gran, then in […]
During the Summer of 1965 at Crossbasket Castle, the “James Little Training College” was established and became an education centre for various trades and hobbies, operating alongside the day to day business of the Roosevelt Memorial Fund’s work with disadvantaged children. James Little was a former owner of Crossbasket who left his fortune to a […]
Thanks to Neil Scott who shared this wonderful Garden fete flyer from 3rd May 1969. A Garden fete took place costing one shilling to get in on Saturday 3rd May 1969. Mr Andrew Cruickshank of the BBC officially opened the fete. This was of interest to me when Neil sent it in back in May, […]