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Multicard of Lanark

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Year: 1923

Featuring many different views of various attractions in Lanark. This is an early example of the multicard type of postcard. It was not a great success as many of the…

Church at Coulter

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This is a pre 1st World War card showing the church at Coulter, which was produced for James Jackson, Stationer in Biggar. The present church was built in 1810 on…

Crawfordjohn, pre-World War 1

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This card was produced for John Renton, who was probably the postmaster. The card is pre First World War. It shows Crawfordjohn as a community that had changed little from…

West Port, Lanark

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Year: 1933

This is a view of the West Port which was posted on July 18th 1933. The writer of the card sent separately four stockings to Miss Ruby Aitken of Knowhead,…

Falls of Clyde, Corra Linn

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Year: 1903

In the early years of the 20th century, the message on a postcard was written on the front of the card, with the reverse reserved solely for the recipient address…

Public Park

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This is a rather unusual view of the Public Park at Biggar showing one side of the boating pond. It shows that new bushes and trees had been planted as…

Lamington House

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This is a nice view of Lamington House, home of the Baillie Cochrane family. This house was eventually demolished in the 1950s. The reason being that the direct line of…

Free Church of Crawford

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This is a view showing the Free Church of Crawford in the background. The houses are predominately late nineteenth century. Some houses near the Colebrooke Arms are much earlier and…

Bowling Green and Clyde

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This was produced by the local post office for a man called Murray. It shows Crawford Bowling Green. The Bowling Club stood here till 1950, when it was moved to…

Leadhills Main Square

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Year: 1914

This is a rather unusual view of Leadhills showing the main square and surrounding buildings. It is interesting to see by the time this photograph was done the roof of…