Thanks to Tom McCluskie for sharing these two great photos of his grandparents. Pictured are William and Janet Green at their home at Loaned Cottages in 1960. Excellent, clear photos which may be particularly of interest to the current residents of the cottages.
I’ve previously written a few articles about Fin Me Oot, or its official title, Caldervale, the small community on the outskirts of the Parish, housing miners and their families of nearby Blantyreferme Colliery. Most accounts about Caldervale end with “it was abandoned in the 1960s”, which is correct, but until now, been rather vague. This […]