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Biggar Parish, Carluke Parish, Carnwath Parish, Douglas Parish, Lanark Parish

The Extinction of the Public Convenience

article • April 16, 2025
Thirty years ago Clydesdale boasted over twenty public toilets, conveniently sited in most towns, villages, and public parks. Not all…
Main St. Forth
Carnwath Parish

In Search of the Flying Wheel

article • April 5, 2025
The 1880's saw a boom in the popularity of cycling as mass-produced safety cycles became more affordable to working folk.…
Drovers
Carnwath Parish

Drove Roads in Carnwath Parish – the lost road to London

article • April 5, 2025
Much of Scotland's wealth once came from the sale of black cattle, raised in highland glens and islands then driven…
Carnwath Pavilion
Carnwath Parish

The Uncertain Future of Carnwath Pavilion

article • March 17, 2025
With a little imagination, Carnwath pavilion could be the sort of place you might find Hercule Poirot as he ponders…
Carnwath Parish, Carstairs Parish, Lanark Parish

The Lanark Natural History and Archaeological Society

article • March 4, 2025
In late 1915, winter added to the misery of life on the western front, while retreat from Gallipoli brought an…
Carnwath Parish

Somerville Motte, Carnwath

article • February 12, 2025
Recent news about celebrations in connection with the Somerville family have led me to add this article. The early history…
ash tree and ghost
Carnwath Parish

The Haunted Ash of Lampits

article • November 24, 2024
The Carnwath correspondent of the Hamilton Advertiser seems to have had an unusual interest in all things uncanny and supernatural.…
Carnwath Parish, Pettinain Parish

The Lampits Float

article • November 24, 2024
“Out of Date and Inadvisable from any Standpoint” A little ferry boat once plied the Clyde between the parishes of…