This is Blantyre man James Jackson, pictured last Century at the Pyramids in Egypt. A military man, James was the former owner of Croftfoot, the house I live in now at High Blantyre. These photos were shared by his relative, Jan Jackson who has been kind enough to share several photos relating to Croftfoot. There […]
Continued from Part 1 From the forthcoming book, “Blantyre Explained” by Paul D Veverka (c) 2016 With the Victorian fashion of extending or renovating homes to incorporate classical features, the Jackson family took the decision to build a new house entirely at Bardykes. This was to be a grander house, the one that we currently […]