This photo from 1914 shows the Royal Garrison Artillery. Shared by Penny Robertson who lives in Australia. Blantyre man John McQuater is first on the left in the back row. John was the older brother of Margaret McQuater who married into the Sprott family of Glasgow Road, Blantyre. John McQuater was born on 8th February […]
Some further photos with a Blantyre connection, from reader Penny Robertson who lives in Australia. Penny’s grandmother Margaret McQuater is pictured aged 22 and then later in life with her husband Daniel Sprott (also of Blantyre) but by that time pictured after they emigrated to Australia. Daniel Sprott, Penny’s grandfather pictured lost his brother William […]
Penny Robertson who lives in Australia shared this charming photo. Pictured, seated on the left is her grandmother, Blantyre woman Margaret McQuater. Margaret is about aged 21 in this photo, and appearing with her are fellow work colleagues, all typists during the 1910s. The family lived at Joanna Terrace at the time. Margaret would marry […]