This article was written in 1928 by Blantyre man, “David Chalmers Gemmell”. David at the time was the colliery manager at Auchinraith and was deeply respected and much liked. Indeed, even a year after the pit disaster in 1931, when he set off and left Blantyre to Fife, he was given gifts by the […]
Bev Smith in Australia sent me this message, “The people I am trying to learn more about are Thomas Gemmell and Agness Jackson. I prefer Agness to Agnes, as it was written that way in an old family Bible. She was born or baptised 3.3.1800 in Blantyre. Agness’s parents were Robert Jackson & Janet Gardiner. There […]