George Park of Arbroath emailed over this great family photo, taken in 1957 at the Pech Brae. Ever so smartly dressed is his brother Robert, late sister Shirley, mother May and George himself on the right. George told me, “Here is the Peth Brae as I remember it as a child in 1957. In those days […]
In January 2015, George Park from Arbroath emailed me his family tree, showing his line coming together from the Forrests of “The Deans” Cambuslang and the Mains at Broompark Road. He had carefully mapped out his ancestry adding notes. I see a lot of names connected to other Blantyre’s farms, so thought I would post […]
During the early 1920’s the population of Blantyre dropped slightly, the first time ever in it’s history. This was due to lack of work, saturation of coal mining jobs and the decline of the mills. As with many people in Scotland at the time, suddenly the idea of exploring America seemed a wonderful prospect. Tales […]