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Carnwath Parish

Wilsontown’s Pleasance Row

July 22, 2025
According to the Oxford English dictionary, a “pleasance” is a secluded part of a garden often laid out with trees,…
Carnwath Parish

The Deathbed Marriage – an Auchengray Tragedy

July 22, 2025
The Caledonian Railway opened their Wilsontown branch in 1860, providing easy transport for the rich reserves of gas coal and…
Carnwath Parish

Making and Mending at Auchengray.

July 22, 2025
In a recent post we shared an image of local lads posing proudly with their stock-car outside the “garage” at…
Carmichael Parish

Building the Sandilands Viaduct.

June 4, 2025
The “Six Arches” railway bridge across the Clyde near Boathaugh was once a familiar sight to those travelling towards Douglas…
Hyndford tollhouse
Carmichael Parish

The Toll House at Hyndford Bridge.

June 3, 2025
Every day, thousands of vehicles drive past the sad little toll house on the south side of Hyndford bridge, paying…
Greenbank store
Carnwath Parish

Greenbank and the Ghost Village of Haywood

May 20, 2025
The ruined grocery store at Greenbank overlooks a wild expanse of featureless moorland. You reach it along a grassy track…
Multiple Parishes

The Extinction of the Public Convenience

April 16, 2025
Thirty years ago Clydesdale boasted over twenty public toilets, conveniently sited in most towns, villages, and public parks. Not all…
Douglas Parish

Carmacoup and the Country Wool Trade

April 5, 2025
The valley of the Douglas Water narrows after passing through Glespin; and the road west clings to the hillside as…