Broomhouse Farm – According to Parish Records of 1859, Broomhouse was then just a long thatched cottage, lived in at either end, but with the middle portion of the roof collapsed and in ruin. Mr John Torrance, a solicitor from Hamilton owned the house and surrounding lands and indeed the nearby quarry. He, or his […]
Graeme Anderson told me, “Robert Dickson that you mentioned in your recent Acuhentibber aeroplane article, is my mum’s uncle. Robert lived at Clyde Cottage on Sydes Brae and run the market garden, selling plants from the roadside. He didn’t pass away until 1998. He sold Clyde Cottage in the mid 1980’ds and move to Kirkton Avenue […]