Norma Marr in Canada has shared this excellent WW2 photo of Calderside Row, taken around 1944. She told me, “This is May MacFarlane, my mother Margaret Downie Patrick Lawrence, and her/their Aunt Fanny and Uncle Frank, according to mom’s writing on the back. My father was English and in the RAF and came to Calgary to […]
Calderside Row was a former single storey row of stone built, terraced homes, at Calderside, High Blantyre. Background In July 1850, Mr. William Young, farmer and owner of Calderside Farm put his farm and all 177 acres of farmland up for sale. Within the advert of 19th July 1850 in the Glasgow Herald, it was […]
Answering a knock at her door one evening in October 1950, Jean MacFarlane of 55 Craig Street, Blantyre received the happiest surprise of her life. Standing on the doorstep were her 2 daughters Helen and Anne, who live in Toronto, Canada and her 3 year old granddaughter Patricia, whom she had never met before. The […]
Memories came flooding back when I saw this photo. Its of a traditional Christmas Card from the 1970s. You may remember the kind, packs of paper cards, all with just 2 or 3 designs, that were mass produced and we sent them out with scattergun tendencies! To families, to our buddies at school, to work […]
Thank you to Norma Marr for sending this nice photo and incredibly the envelope and letter still intact from 1911. Sent to relatives in Canada, this photo features High Blantyre families from that year. The people are known to have lived in the Auchentibber area and are part of Normas ancestry line. From left to right […]
Pictured here in 1980 are Blantyre High Office Staff. Sent in by Christine Gardner via Neil Scott, these five ladies are noted as: From left to right Betty Craig, Margaret MacFarlane, Ruth Sanderson, Christine Scott and Margaret McKenna. Do you recognise or remember these woman at this school?
This photo was shared with me from Alex Rochead via Louise Forrest. Pictured is Blantyre Works Farm, although Louise had referred to it, whilst in discussion with Alex, as Mill Farm. I’m unsure of the date, but clothes styles look 1940s. (Update: David Forrest has since stated its 1936) The Mill Farm reference is appropriate […]