The evening 13th March 1896, and various prominent men from the Parish headed to Hillside Cottage at the bottom of Sydes Brae to visit Neil Douglas at his home. Amongst them were Mr Craig a neighbour at Bellsfield, Mr Adam of Shott, Menzies & Stewart of Eastbank and Dr Grant. In the name of themselves […]
A faithful canine companion to Colliery Cashier, Neil Douglas was ‘Hector’, the dog pictured. Neil, who was an avoid bowler lived in Sydes Brae and according to one newspaper report, his dog was known to have gone with him everywhere, accompanying him on Bowling tournaments throughout the area. This man’s best friend showed considerable restraint […]
I was saddened to learn that not all Blantyre people acted with good character after the mining disaster of October 1877. Mr Neil Douglas observed one of those unscrupulous individuals, when in the days after the pit tragedy in High Blantyre Mr Douglas, the colliery cashier has seen one of the bodies brought into the […]
You may recall reading about Neil Douglas, the Dixon’s colliery cashier who influenced many factors of late 1800’s Blantyre life. You can read our article about Neil here http://blantyreproject.com/2012/10/28/neil-douglas-colliery-cashier/ In January 2014, Mrs Wilma S Bolton contacted me with lots more information about Neil’s life. With permissions, Wilma wrote: NEIL DOUGLAS. J.P. CASHIER BLANTYRE COLLIERIES. […]