The concluding part of the story by Keir Hardie. Published in a Labour Newspaper from 1909, it tells a story around the Blantyre Pit Disaster of 1877. In this final part, continued from Parts 1 and 2, Keir writes about a rare rescue: “Meanwhile the scene on the pithead was one of woe and desolation […]
A family photo next from 1931. On the left is my grandfather John Duncan with his mother Maggie and two sisters Chrissie and Margaret. Pictured also on this day trip to the beach, along with the Duncans is Mary Danskin, on the front, the girlfriend of John and later to become my grandmother. John died […]
On 12th January Lisa Ashford-Potter contacted me with the following message, “Hi, I wanted to share a photo of my great grandmother Margaret Wilson (maiden name) McDonald (1st marriage) Potter (2nd marriage). She owned a shop in Auchentibber which I think you have featured on your page previously. The photo I’m talking about is a […]
This photo dates from 1919. Pictures at 49 Broompark Road in the back garden of a house called “Enterkin” in my great grandfather and great grandmother John Duncan and Maggie Bowie Duncan. They had four children, Jenny, Chrissie, Margaret and John (my grandfather). None of the girls ever had any children, the youngest Jenny dying […]