In late February 1900, at Hamilton Sheriff Court, Elizabeth McCann, a 12-year old Blantyre girl stood in the dock awaiting to be charged. She was the daughter of William McCann, a miner who resided at Central Buildings on Glasgow Road. She was charged with 3 different acts of theft from shops in Blantyre. The […]
Looking at a photo of Auchentibber Quoiting Green, I noticed in the background, a little door. Zooming in on the high resolution image, I was able to see that there was a little wooden, white door, located under a wooden arch. The arch was actually a wooden structure with pieces of bark nailed to it. It […]
Alex Rochead shared his photos here when he stopped off to take these pictures in May 2015. Just off Sydes Brae is the ruins of Dixon’s Dynamite store, where the colliery once kept the explosives. Today the building is well preserved.
About halfway up Sydes Brae, before you reach Auchentibber, on the right hand side, sits in a field, a hidden little brick and stone building. Easily missed, it sits in a dip in the field, quite hidden and inconspicuous. It was situated as such for a very good reason. This was Dixon Collieries Dynamite Magazine […]
On 12th January Lisa Ashford-Potter contacted me with the following message, “Hi, I wanted to share a photo of my great grandmother Margaret Wilson (maiden name) McDonald (1st marriage) Potter (2nd marriage). She owned a shop in Auchentibber which I think you have featured on your page previously. The photo I’m talking about is a […]