I need to be careful with this document as the paper is a wee bit crumbly. This is a poem written by my great, great grandmother Margaret Bowie Duncan just over 125 years ago in 1889. She had just moved from Wanlockhead leaving behind her friends, one of whom was Annie Wilson, whom this poem […]
The great thing about a small town like Blantyre is that many people are related if you go far enough back in history. This photograph demonstrated just that. Pictured around 1900 is The Bowie family. On the back left is William Bowie, the great grandfather of Arlene Green. William is about 16 years old here. […]