Changes were afoot in 1873 in Blantyre. Just 2 years earlier the Free Church on Stonefield Road had burned down and had just been rebuilt. Changes were also taking place as to how Schools would be run in the Parish, with the creation of a School Board. On the evening of Saturday 22nd February 1873, […]
Not one to rest, the next book draft is being edited in the coming weeks. Written last year, I’m now turning attention to finishing. As usual, it’s about Blantyre, but this will be a different direction for me. Writing about the life of one little known but remarkable man (and his family) during the mid […]
In September 2016, Eric Flack sent me a message saying, “Hi Paul, I am aware of some family ‘connection’ to Jackson, Craig and Coats Blantyre names. I have a silver fob medal won around 1840’s by a Jackson at the Blantyre show. Ploughing or milk. Plus a medical text book belonging to a Jackson dated 1829.” The Craig, Coats […]