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A Prospect of Coalburn
articleThis wonderful and well-known postcard places you at a perfect elevated position from which to observe everyday life in the mining community of Coalburn. Use of a telescopic lens manages…
Refreshments at Carstairs Junction
articleStories from a Railway Tearoom The Caledonian Railway was opened in 1848, linking Carlisle, and the main line from London, with Glasgow and Edinburgh. The routes to the two Scottish…
The Elvanfoot Suspension Bridge
article…. a future hanging by a thread? Neglected and seemingly forgotten, the old suspension bridge across Clyde at Elvanfoot continues to slowly decay. The elegant steel and iron footbridge is…
Climpy Lime Works
articleAn Early Industry and a Beautiful Bing. The road from Forth to Climpy winds its way across a windswept moorland landscape that bears the scars of a long history of…
Normangill Henge, a railway and some fungus
articleNormangill has been described as one of Scotland’s best examples of a henge. The oval bank and internal ditch measures 60m at its largest part, with two diametrically opposed entrances…
The Little Train to Camps Reservoir
articleDetail of postcard showing the road from Camps looking towards Midloch Farm. The rails beside the road appear disused, so the photo was presumable taken in the 1930’s From a…
The Haunted Ash of Lampits
articleThe Carnwath correspondent of the Hamilton Advertiser seems to have had an unusual interest in all things uncanny and supernatural. The weekly column of village news reported the usual mix…
The Lampits Float
article“Out of Date and Inadvisable from any Standpoint” A little ferry boat once plied the Clyde between the parishes of Pettinain and Carnwath. The source of all manner of adventures…
Elvanfoot’s Garden of Eden
articleIn less safety-conscious days, children often played beside (and sometimes in) the River Clyde. In this detail from a postcard from about 1910, youngsters enjoy a paddle in the river…
The Poles in Clydesdale During World War II – a story of courage
articleSince I came to live in Clydesdale, I have been conscious of the important contribution that the Polish Army made in World War II and I feel that this has…