July 22, 2025According to the Oxford English dictionary, a “pleasance” is a secluded part of a garden often laid out with trees,…- July 22, 2025The Caledonian Railway opened their Wilsontown branch in 1860, providing easy transport for the rich reserves of gas coal and…
- July 22, 2025In a recent post we shared an image of local lads posing proudly with their stock-car outside the “garage” at…
- May 20, 2025The ruined grocery store at Greenbank overlooks a wild expanse of featureless moorland. You reach it along a grassy track…
- April 16, 2025Thirty years ago Clydesdale boasted over twenty public toilets, conveniently sited in most towns, villages, and public parks. Not all…
- April 5, 2025The 1880's saw a boom in the popularity of cycling as mass-produced safety cycles became more affordable to working folk.…
- April 5, 2025Much of Scotland's wealth once came from the sale of black cattle, raised in highland glens and islands then driven…
- March 17, 2025With a little imagination, Carnwath pavilion could be the sort of place you might find Hercule Poirot as he ponders…
- March 11, 2025From the drawing room of Climpy House, Robert and Mary Crawford could enjoy a commanding view across the elegant grounds…
- March 4, 2025The Climpy road, from Forth to Shotts, passes through a landscape shaped by 250 years of industrial history. A small…
