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Broompark Avenue, 1908

December 6, 2019

This lovely, previously unseen photo from my collection shows the brand new houses built on Broompark Avenue. Photographed here in 1908 or so, they were constructed around 2 years earlier by William Burnett. Obtaining the land from the Jacksons of Croftfoot on 1st November 1905, William Burnett planned on constructing an avenue with good quality […]

Rev W. Alexander Ross

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April 24, 2016

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Ross, Rev. W. Alexander – B.D.F.S.A was a Minister at Blantyre’s East Church in 1929.Mr Ross was originally from Shetland, and studied at Aberdeen University. He took part in the Great War joining at the age of 18. He served in Ireland, Egypt and Salonica being wounded in action at the Ituma Valley in […]