This fantastic photo from 1970 was shared by my friend, Alex Rochead, who told me, “When I left school I started an apprenticeship with the Belmos in the High Blantyre Industrial Estate. It lasted from 1966 to 1970 and it was a normal part of the training to spend time in all the departments in […]
An extract from my book “History of Crossbasket Castle” With surplus space in the Castle, the “James Little Training College” was established and became an education centre for various trades and hobbies, operating alongside the day to day business of the Roosevelt Memorial Fund’s work with disadvantaged children. The idea was to attract local youth, […]
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 […]