Sometimes a photo captures a particular decade perfectly. The hair styles, the fashions. Jane Davies sent over this photo of family members Mary and Annie Nimmo, from Auchentibber , which was taken in the late 1920’s. Do you know the location? Theres a chain and spoon attached to a vertical flat rock, above horizontal flag stones. […]
In the 1791 “A Statistical Account of Blantyre” written by Rev Henry Stevenson, there is a comment about a Spring in Blantyre that was even visited as a tourist destination! Where from the description below could this be? The account had me puzzled as no particular Spring is currently famed today in Blantyre. I’ve previously […]
In the 1791 A Statistical Account of Blantyre written by Rev Henry Stevenson, there is a comment about a Spring in Blantyre that was even visited as a tourist destination! Long lost to history, the exact location of this Spring is now unknown. Where from the description below could this be? Springwells must have got […]