TMinnie Stewart of Park House, High Blantyre is pictured here whilst in the WLA and working at Basket Farm for Jimmy Shields . Looks like she was in charge of a nice Ayrshire coo with big horns! The date is unknown but may be the 1950s? Photo courtesy of the Rochead family at Malcolmwood Featuring Blantyre […]
Jim Cochrane shared this First World War photo adding, “This is Alex & Jim Rochead’s Grand parents Alexander and Wilimina Stewart who lived in Park House. Their mother is the baby girl Minnie Annabel Jane Stewart who was born in June 1918.” Her older brother Donald is behind. This picture dates from possibly November 1918 towards […]
I recently posted about Park House and its history here http://blantyreproject.com/2014/10/02/blantyre-park-house-sydes-brae/ Alex Rochead contacted me recently saying, “My grandfather had been in the army for many years serving in South Africa and India. When he returned to the UK and was demobbed he worked at Hamilton barracks as a Barracks Warden. I have been told […]
In September 2014, I was contacted by Robert Sullivan who wrote, “Hi Paul, I’m a resident of Westcraigs ( Berriedale path) I grew up in hill house as a young lad and we used to go bird nesting up where west Craig’s now stands. There was a big house up here when I was a […]