Original March 1920 issue of Colville’s Magazine featuring the Glengarnock Gleanings section. Includes a profile and portrait pictures of Robert Adair, O.B.E. and golfer William Gibson, along with local social events, football activity, community gatherings, and reports from the Works. Fully transcribed and preserved below – original scans are above.
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Original February 1920 issue of Colvilles Magazine featuring the poem “On Strikes” by William Ferguson of Glengarnock Works. Written in Scots, the poem reflects on labour, conflict, and the hope for peace and cooperation between workers and employers. Fully transcribed and preserved below with an image from local artist J.W Sorbie – original scan is above.
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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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The Den was a hamlet on the main road between Beith and Dalry – it had it’s own school, bank and shops, Episcopal church etc and was demolished in the 1900s. You can see the pictures above of the Co-op and School which was known as Kersland Barony.
The Den (Barkip) was largely replaced with the Lambert which became known as the Lambar, then langbar and subsequently “corrected” to Longbar by the council. It is easy to see how that could have happened with the number of Northern Irish accents around at that time.
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I always found it strange that my family hated reminiscing.
They were so busy obsessing about survival that there wasn’t a lot of time for sentimentality. Perhaps it was too painful or maybe they had some awareness it could make people sad. I think this was common in Industrial communities.
Only when they were drunk could they relax enough to look back. Even then it was without photos or keepsakes. They rather preferred stories or maybe I should describe them as glimpses into the past.
It meant that I couldn’t get full pictures about what characters were really like. Only occasional stories.
Whatever the reason, academic storytelling was seen as a weakness possibly because it made something of the past which for them was just everyday life. I can understand that. They were hard days
Whatever the reason, it was absolutely horrific living in such a controlled environment.
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I was trying to explain to a friend about the “Longbar” when he asked me where the name came from.
It was built on top of another earlier group of houses known as “the Lambert”. Over time and with the number of folk moving in with different accents it then became known as the Lamber, then langbar wth the brogue northern Irish accent among others.
By the 1950s it had evolved into “Longbar” because people thought langbar referred to the Scottish word “lang” which meant “long” and the Government starting putting up signposts with the name.
Original February 1920 issue of Colville’s Magazine – Glengarnock Gleanings section. Includes a feature on long-serving employee Charles Logan, local football and welfare league activity, and a report on athlete David M. Parker. Fully transcribed and preserved below – original scan is above, including a picture of Charles Logan.
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