Dear blog reader and friend I must apologise for being absent for the past couple of months. My Mum died at the end of April and I simply have not felt like blogging up until now. However normal service now resumes in terms of my local history research. I have some interesting news for you.Continue reading “A New Pier”
Tag Archives: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Shandon Mutual Improvement Society in 1886
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”
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”
Shandon People and History 