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 4, 2025In late 1915, winter added to the misery of life on the western front, while retreat from Gallipoli brought an…
February 12, 2025Recent news about celebrations in connection with the Somerville family have led me to add this article. The early history…- November 24, 2024The Carnwath correspondent of the Hamilton Advertiser seems to have had an unusual interest in all things uncanny and supernatural.…
- November 24, 2024“Out of Date and Inadvisable from any Standpoint” A little ferry boat once plied the Clyde between the parishes of…
February 6, 2018The closure of Carnwath Church has prompted me to write a brief history of the Church. The church was built…
