Tonight I received unwelcome news, which left me shocked and saddened. My fellow history colleague, fellow Friends of the Calder member and friend, Stanley Ean Paul sadly passed away on 31st March 2018. I’ve only known Stanley for around 5 or 6 years meeting him for the first time in the original Friends of the […]
Another important relic or exhibit in the David Livingstone Centre is the coloured shawl in which great explorer is said to have been christened in. It had become the property of an Uddingston family, who had handed it down from generation to generation. The shawl, which (in 1930) was still in excellent condition, was […]
I was recently sent this nice engraving of Bothwell Bridge (of a copy of it), from Edward Stanley. Pictured in 1859, the bridge still looks very rural and sleepy. The large central tower than once adorned the bridge in earlier centuries is gone and the structure takes on a more familiar appearance as it looks […]