THE HELENSBURGH NEWS, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1886 DISTRICT NEWS SHANDON MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY The annual conversazione of this association was held in the Schoolhouse on Friday evening. There was a large attendance and Mr Andrew J Kilpatrick occupied the chair. The chairman gave a very interesting address on the pleasures of reading and the loveContinue reading “Shandon Mutual Improvement Society in 1886”
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Hatches Matches and Dispatches part 4
Dear blog reader This is the fourth part in a series of Shandon hatches, matches and dispatches that have appeared in the newspapers. I always find such finds very exciting in my own 30 years of family history research and I hope this helps anyone doing similar Shandon-based research. (Glossary: inst/instant means of the presentContinue reading “Hatches Matches and Dispatches part 4”