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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Burning out the old year at Biggar
postcardA postcard picturing the Hogmanay Bonfire at Biggar. The card was sent on 23 December, 1907, so the postcard itself was likely produced before 1907. The Biggar Bonfire is now…
Major Stewart, Lord Cornet
postcardPostcard picturing Major Stewart, Lord Cornet of Lanark Lanimers in 1911. A Brown’s Series postcard.
St. Mary’s Hospital
postcardSt. Mary’s Hospital, Lanark, was lined up to take casualties from the Lanark Aviation Meeting. Fortunately, there were no fatalities and the worst accident was a broken leg. This was…
“The Lancers”, Children’s Concert
postcardA postcard from Carmichael School from 1907, showing “The Lancers”, part of a Children’s Concert.
Coronation Year
postcardA postcard showing the celebrations of Coronation Day in Lanark. Queen Elizabeth II was crowned on 2 June, 1953 in Westminster Abbey.
Lanimer Day
postcardA postcard from 1913 of Lanark Lanimer Day, showing the Lanimer Queen in a horse-drawn carriage.
Demolishing Carstairs Junction
postcardShowing the demolition of Carstairs Junction railway station
Carluke Collage
postcardAn interesting collage card issued in the 1930s by Valentines of Dundee. In the centre is a view of Carluke with a chimney in the far distance, which was the…