During March 2015, at the invite of owner Mr Clark Gibb, I spent a memorable afternoon at Mavis Mill. Along with his friend Alex from Spittal, we talked about the history of Mavis Mill and the highlight for me was to be given a tour around the substantial grounds. Clark took me to the Calder […]
In the early autumn of 1934, on the occasion of the unveiling of the South African Scots’ statue to David Livingstone at the Victoria Falls, listeners in Scotland heard the thunders of the Zambesi and the Great African falls. In early May 1935, Scotland gave back to South Africa the opportunity of listening to the sound of the […]
A charming photo of the ever changing Blantyre Works Village showing the old Pey Brig spanning the Clyde. Taken in the 1930s, the postcard refers to the Livingstone Memorial and is definitely after the houses being knocked down on the quadrangle (next to the school pictured). Indeed, the Village school wasn’t to last much longer […]
In September 2014, I was contacted by Robert Sullivan who wrote, “Hi Paul, I’m a resident of Westcraigs ( Berriedale path) I grew up in hill house as a young lad and we used to go bird nesting up where west Craig’s now stands. There was a big house up here when I was a […]