This photo was taken in the 1980s and sent in from Garry who runs the Historic Hamilton website. Pictured is his father, Gus Sillars and the location is believed to be Barnums/Zigfields nightclub at Victoria Street, at a time when he worked there. Strangely, photos of Ziggys are few and far between. What’s your memories of Zigfields? Personally, I […]
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Duncan Sillars, originally from Blantyre
Thanks to Historic Hamilton for sharing this article with us. The photo is owned by Sonja Dyve Foggett who now lives in Newcastle. In the picture is Blantyre man Duncan Sillars who was Sonja’s father in Law. Duncan is back row 3rd from the right and it was taken around the 1940s. The Sillars family […]


