This little Bo Beep from Blantyre may have looked like she lost her sheep in 1977, but she needn’t have worried, as she had just won a fancy dress competition! Denise Main (5) of High Blantyre won the competition at Pontin’s Plemont Bay Holiday Village in Jersey making the newspapers. There on holiday at the […]
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1910 Christina & Robert Main
Jim Cochrane kindly shared this photo, adding, “This picture taken in 1910 is of Christina and Robert Main. They were Born at Barnhill in a house Roughly where 130 Broompark road is now. They were My Gran Marshalls older sibblings . Christina was born on 10 June 1909 and lived untill she was almost […]
1920 Udston Main Children
Pictured in 1920, is a photo of the Main Children, taken at Little Udston Farm. At the back is Christine Main ,who never married but said she went out with Peter Wilkie when she was young. Left is Janet Cowie Main ,she never was married either. Both lived at Rowantreehill Farm Forth where they moved to after little […]
1934 Annie Marshall (nee Main)
Thanks to Jim Cochrane for sending in another family photograph. Jim writes, “A really nice photo of my Gran Annie Marshall (Main). She was probably about 19 or 20.” The photo is very striking and beautiful. This photo appears to be just before Annie got married when she was 21. As such, it likely dates […]
1926 Greenfield School, Burnbank
Although slightly over the Blantyre Parish Boundary into Burnbank, here is a photo shared by Jim Cochrane. Pictured is GreenField School, Burnbank. Jim commented, “My Gran Annie Baird Main (Marshall) is in the middle row 5th from the right. taken i think in the later 1920s she was born on 18th Sept 1914.”
Annie & Alex Main at Little Udston Farm
Jim Cochrane contacted me in October 2014, sending in this family photo. He told me, “This is my Grandmother Annie Main (Marshall) and her brother Alex Main at Little Udston Farm, probably about 1925” Boots and wellies on to walk alongside the horse and pony as a big dog stays near. In the background there […]
1915 A Quiet Scene at Barnhill
From John Dunsmuir Collection, this photo of Barnhill was taken around 1915. Looking West to the Calder, the scene is very quiet with three ladies posing for the camera. On the left, the little white houses led down to the Nursery at the corner of Broompark Road and Hunthill Road. The smiddy is just out […]







