I like this photo. It’s from our family album and pictured in 1917, on the left is my 10 year old grandfather, John Duncan. Also from Blantyre and pictured is the older gentleman, John’s own grandfather, ALSO called John Duncan. So therefore this is my grandfather and my great, great grandfather. It is understood this […]
This photo is from my own family album. On the back, it says “1929 The Workers at Milheugh”. The only person I recognise is my grandfather John Duncan, (before he married my gran). John is the chap with the tie. By the title, I can only assume these people are the workers at Milheugh Estate, […]
This postcard is incredibly over 100 years old! It was sent to our great grandpa from Ayr by mysterious “HR”. Sent to John Duncan with the address simply put as “John Duncan, Greenburn Cottage, High Blantyre”, this was the location some of our family lived at. The card depicts the interior of poet Rabbie Burns […]