An extract from my book, “The History of Crossbasket Castle”….. 1930 – Thomas Findlay, owner of Crossbasket this year remarried (apparently very quickly) to Nancy Newbigging whom he would later have a further three children with. Perhaps through the constant reminders of his previous wife or simply due to a new opportunity arising, Thomas […]
A few photos by Alex Rochead and Gordon Cook show the entrance to a small mine at the Lady Nancy fields, high above Blantyre. There are few remnants left of Auchentibber’s mining days.
Thanks to Gordon Cook, for sending me this information relating to a legal dispute in the 1870’s around the sinking of the Lady Nancy Mine. The article refers to a farmer, named George Barclay, who had leased the Farm of Greenhall from John Wardrop Moore. The farmlands were fully 66 acres. Without any consultation or […]
A cosy scene from 1905. This previously unpublished photo was taken by my 2nd Great Grand Uncle, David Ritchie and forwarded on to me from Alex Bowie, with thanks. Pictured is Crossbasket House, with their coal fires on to heat the building. The picture is intriguing to me, as it depicts habitation in all parts […]
In 1948 William Park of Blantyre recorded his ghostly experience at ‘The Lady Nancy’, (the upper South Western slopes of Blantyre). Recorded in the Gazette on 17th July 1948, the ghostly tale is narrated here in his own words and as published. A good many years ago, aye more than I care to remember, a […]