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Boghall Castle

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Year: 1867
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A rather fanciful print of Boghall Castle dating from 1867. Boghall Castle was a 14th century castle to the south of Biggar. Boghall fell into ruins in the 19th century.

The Manse at Crawfordjohn

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A card from the George Moffat collection, showing the Manse at Crawfordjohn. The house is still standing and dates to the nineteenth century.

Lanark Loch before World War 1

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Lanark Loch, pictured before the First World War. At that time, Lanark Loch was known as Lanark Lake. The postcard caption names The Lake Pavillion. It was a popular destination,…

Rootpark

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Year: 1905
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This picture of Rootpark, Wilsontown was published by J. Gibson, Wilsontown in 1905. The writer of the card stated the weather was cold for July. They had cycled 200 miles…

Early picture of New Lanark

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One of the earliest images of New Lanark with a lot of interesting detail.

New Lanark

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Year: 1905
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This is a picture of New Lanark c.1905. It shows many interesting features including the chimney from the steam generation plant. The power from the plant went through a series…

Biggar Road, Symington

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Year: 1940
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This postcard was published by C&E Prentice of the Post Office in Symington. The card dates from around 1940.

Carte de Visite

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Year: 1880

This is a Carte de Visite produced by Archibald Rogers in his studio in the High Street, Lanark. The date of this would be about 1880-1890. It is an unusual…

Tinto from the south

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A postcard showing Tinto from the South, pictured from Lamington. It is on this side of Tinto that Fatlips Castle is to be found. Remains of this castle are to…

Angus Statue

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A Brown’s Series postcard showing the memorial to James Earl of Angus, who began the raising of the Cameronian regiment in Douglas on May 14th 1689. The organising of the…