Jean Mcintosh lives at Stoneymeadow, High Blantyre. She recently emailed me a short story, which gave her heart a flutter. Jean said, “You mentioned in one of your posts about the ghostly stories of the Lady Nancy. As you know my house looks onto it. This Morning about 2 am (Thursday 12th March 2015 – I […]
Jim Cochrane sent in this photo from his family collection in November 2014. Pictured is Robert Main, his Great Grandfather at Little Udston Farm, which sat just below Park House on the North of the railway. Little Udston Farm, as located just over the Redburn, sat in what is now Westcraigs in Burnbank Parish, but […]
This great little story was published in the Hamilton Advertiser 137 years ago, where 2 miners thought it would be fun to hire a horse drawn carriage for New Year and visit their local pub. (somewhat akin to hiring a big stretch limo these days!) The article as published needs to be reprinted here for […]