This photo of Shuttle Row, is a first seen online, but is somewhat confusing to me. We’ve often seen images of the circular washhouse which had a dovecot on top of it, adjacent to Shuttle Row, but in this photo, it’s not there on the left! Dating from 1898, this photo puzzled me for […]
I’ve previously posted this photo, but wanted to repost it again, as I have to admit to having the wrong decade previously. Jim Cochrane not only pointed me in the right direction to the 1950’s as opposed to earlier, but Gordon Cook has also confirmed to me that the 1950’s is the decade. Gordon went […]
HOUSES ROCKED BY BLAST Children hurt in Army Exercise A motor car roof was smashed, windows and doors were blown out, and two small children were cut by flying glass when the soldiers of the soldiers of the Territorial Army blew up a 40ft. high washing plant at Dixon’s Colliery, High Blantyre, Lanarkshire, on Sunday […]
David Livingstone Centre. Not sure i’ve seen this particular photo before. The generosity of some people! This old postcard in an envelope arrived at my front door from Sandra Leggate to add to the collection. Sandra wrote “Paul, Here’s an old postcard of Shuttle Row, The Village. Unused. I think it’s after the centre opened […]