This excellent photo is Malcolmwood Farm, pictured in the 1920s. Some of the outbuildings had been demolished by the 1940s. Of note is how small the trees are by comparison to today. With thanks to the Rochead family at Malcolmwood for this great photo. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others […]
If your Blantyre ancestor was a farm servant, dairymaid, farmer or an agricultural labourer, then he or she may have been employed on one or more of Blantyre’s fermtouns (farm towns). Before the industrial revolution and the availability of work in large towns, a substantial percentage of the population lived and worked in the countryside. […]