As many people know by now, I often take visitors to Blantyre around various places, usually connected with their ancestry. I love doing this, showing them where grandparents, or great grandparents used to live, work and in some cases able to show the lairs where those ancestors are buried. Usually on a Saturday or Sunday, […]
I recently posted about some books that were sent back “home” to Blantyre from Canada. Well, this theme continues and in the post today, yet another carefully wrapped parcel was received by me, most graciously. Norma Marr of Calgary, Canada shared 2 old books that formerly belonged to her family, “the Downies” of Calderside. A […]