Original May 1920 issue of Colville’s Magazine featuring the Glengarnock Gleanings section. Includes a profile and portrait of Mr. William Blue, a long-serving Blast Furnace worker with over fifty years’ service, along with reports on social events, football activity, Works organisations, and community life. Fully transcribed and preserved below – original scans are above (pp. 84–86).
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Below is a transcription of the material visible in the above scans regarding Glengarnock.
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Original April 1920 issue of Colville’s Magazine featuring the Glengarnock Gleanings section. Includes a profile and portrait of Hugh Munro, a portrait of juvenile champion Andrew McDowal, along with local social events, football activity, community gatherings, and reports from the Works. Fully transcribed and preserved below – original scans are above (pp. 67–68).
The issue also features a humorous illustrated piece titled “Useless!”, drawn by Jas. Holmes of Glengarnock, reflecting everyday workplace life and humour of the period.
Original January 1920 issue of Colville’s Magazine Glengarnock Gleanings section. Includes local news, football results, YMCA activities, and a historical report of a tragic accident. Fully transcribed and preserved below – original scan is above:
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Neil and Esther McTaggart – taken at Jerome’s Photography studio Glasgow 1938 to give to the kids before they went to war. They lived at the Longbar and before that Schoolwynd, Kilbirnie.
I have started a new audio archive with many of my recordings about local history, South West Scotland and other things I have made over the years. You can hear it by clicking on the menu at the side of the site – I’m still testing it and adding new content. I am aware that right now everything is lumped together.
As I add more content, it will sort itself out.
On mobile devices, it is appearing at the bottom of the page.
Joseph.
You can access it here:
I have added an audio version to my book about the Knox Family of KIlbirnie.
You can hear it on the page, here.
This is another document I wrote as part of my University course – it is called:
Away with the Fairies: Folklore and Mental Health in the Scottish Highlands
This is a research document I prepared for my University Course about Culture and Heritage. I researched “Continuity and Change in Scottish Death and Burial Customs, 1875–2025”. I used headstones in cemeteries in Kilbirnie as examples, as well as family stories. There’s pictures in the appendices.
