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: Lagbuie House
Death at Lagbuie
Glasgow Herald 10 July 1900 The announcement of the death of Mr Andrew Jackson Kirkpatrick which appears today in our obituary, will be read with feelings of deep regret by a wide circle of friends. The sad event was not wholly unexpected. About six months ago Mr Kirkpatrick had a paralytic seizure, but he recoveredContinue reading “Death at Lagbuie”
Sale by Public Roup of Lagbuie House and Oakbank Cottage
Greenock Advertiser, 19 August 1880 To be sold by public roup within the Faculty Hall, St George’s Place, Glasgow on Wednesday the 25th day of August 1880 at two o’clock afternoon (unless previously disposed of by private bargain). Lagbuie House and grounds and Oakbank Cottage, Shandon. Lagbuie is a two-storey villa containing three public-rooms, eightContinue reading “Sale by Public Roup of Lagbuie House and Oakbank Cottage”
Shandon People and History 