This photograph shared by Lon McIlwraith is the glorious Back Room of Hastie’s Farm, just off Victoria Street, before the 1975 fire, taken from the end of the middle corridor. As you can see, it was very rustic looking, as one would imagine from the Stonefield Farm building. Old miner’s oil lamps hang from […]
Stonefield (Hastie’s Ferme) The former farm of Stonefield is more commonly remembered in modern times as being “Hastie’s Farm”, but its roots go back further than the Hastie family. Constructed in the 1810’s, the farm is later than some other older farms like Blantyre Farm, Auchinraith (Burnbrae) Farm, Coatshill, Croftfoot or Calderside. The […]