Duncan McKay was born in 1826 in Inverkip. He came to Blantyre to work for the first time in 1858 aged 32 coinciding with his marriage. He commenced his business as a joiner and cartwright at High Blantyre. He had no capital but only a few pounds saved from earnings when he arrived. By 1861, […]
David Warnock was a master Joiner of High Blantyre during the late 19th Century. Together with partner William Walker, they owned a large joinery business and had a workshop near High Blantyre Railway Station. Born in Cambuslang in 1842, the son of William Warnock and Mary Arbuckle, by the age of 20 he was […]