On 11th April 1938, eighteen years after committing bigamy Mrs. Helen Mackenzie, or Gordon of Summerside Place Edinburgh, was at Hamilton Sheriff Court and was sent to prison for one month. The sixty year old wept bitterly in the dock as she reflected on her crime , eighteen years prior to that sentence. Helen had […]
Next , a photo sent in with thanks to Stephen Gallagher on 8th November 2014. Finding out a little more via social media, various people were able to identify the date and the people in the photo. Maureen O’ Connell told me, “It’s the back yard of 64 Farm road Blantyre, the Reynolds residence until […]
I hope I do this story some justice, especially as it ends with a kind and decent man in New York, who is very proud of his Blantyre heritage and especially as I’m now in regular contact with him. I’ve managed to find out some more details whilst researching this story, which I hope are […]