Around 1980, George Russell was contemplating selling the remainder of Crossbasket Estate, perhaps prompted by seeing his brother in laws profit? Again, absent in America, I suspect he had underestimated the costs of the upkeep of such a large property or had lost interest. The National Records of Scotland record a legal case Ref […]
1977– On 20th July 1977, a Mrs. Bain had asked the Secretary of State for Scotland “what was the subsidy given in 1976 to help the James Little Training College” which she reported was experiencing financial troubles and asked what help could be given now that the James Little College had announced they would have to […]
This postcard shows the BIG LINN, i.e the large waterfall high up the Rotten Calder not far from Calderwood Castle. Taken around 1910 or so, this postcard would have made a great buy for tourists visiting the castle. I filmed a video of this waterfall 5 years ago. Here:
From 1968, this photo was shared here by Helen Williams, who now lives in Australia. Pictured are Cathy and Mary. This wouldn’t have been that long after the house on the opposite bank was demolished.
A short extract from my book, “The History of Crossbasket Castle” explaining the final years of ownership of Thomas Dunlop Findlay in the early 1930’s. 1931 – Crossbasket Farm came under the attention of the local authority who were considering making an offer for the property to turn it into a local maternity hospital. […]
A couple of nice photos showing how things have changed at Crossbasket. These photo were taken at the rear of Crossbasket Castle around 2005, by Blantyre man Alex Rochead. One shows the wooden footbridge spanning the river calder, now demolished by the new owners for safety reasons. The other photo shows the larger waterfall at […]
These photos by Jim Brown feature a waterfall on the Parkburn, a small stream that divides Blantyre from Burnbank and Hamilton.It is located down from the former Auchinraith House location at Whistlberry and divides Blantyre from Hamilton. Nearby, on the Hamilton side there is evidence of former quarry named Gows Quarry. Andrew Jackson of Park […]