Welcome to Clydesdale's Heritage
Welcome to Clydesdale's Heritage, a project aimed at encouraging all people to take an active interest in the heritage and history of the Clydesdale area.
This website is one of several initiatives from Lanark and District Archaeology Society (LADAS) to encourage engagement with the history of the region. The project includes lecture programmes, fieldwalks, cataloguing artefacts, inspiring school pupils during talks and presentations, and working with like-minded organisations – with the end goal being to record and preserve the heritage of Clydesdale.
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The Extinction of the Public Convenience
articleThirty years ago Clydesdale boasted over twenty public toilets, conveniently sited in most towns, villages, and public parks. Not all were the most pleasant of facilities; vandalism, poor maintenance, and…
Carmacoup and the Country Wool Trade
articleThe valley of the Douglas Water narrows after passing through Glespin; and the road west clings to the hillside as it winds towards the county boundary and onward to Muirkirk,…
In Search of the Flying Wheel
articleThe 1880’s saw a boom in the popularity of cycling as mass-produced safety cycles became more affordable to working folk. Bicycles made everyday travel to work a little easier, and…
Drove Roads in Carnwath Parish – the lost road to London
articleMuch of Scotland’s wealth once came from the sale of black cattle, raised in highland glens and islands then driven great distances to the annual trysts at Dunblane and Falkirk.…
The Uncertain Future of Carnwath Pavilion
articleWith a little imagination, Carnwath pavilion could be the sort of place you might find Hercule Poirot as he ponders the evidence of some terrible crime before revealing the culprit.…
Main Street from Abbeygreen, Lesmahagow
postcardPhotographic postcard, Valentine & Sons, Dundee and London; postmarked 1958
Blackwood from the Hill
postcardColoured postcard, published by Brown, Stationer, Blackwood; No.1167, postmarked 1909
Thankerton
postcardB&W printed postcard. Published by Forrest, Post Office, Thankerton. Postmarked 1935
Main Road, Crawford
postcardColoured postcard, published by Robert Murray, Post Office, Crawford. Postmark undecipherable.
Auchengray Parish Church & School
postcardColoured postcard. Albany series, by W. Inglis, post office, Auchengray, posted 1913.