Month: March 2024
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An Interesting Wedding
Laura Esther Spillett 1906 -1992 My Great Aunt Laura was someone who I can never remember meeting, if I did, I expect I was very young, too young to remember. I think that I heard my father talking about her. I have a nice photograph of Laura and my father at the annual Crowning of…
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George Anderson, Wright and Builder
George built my house in Earlspark Avenue. He also built the whole of Earlspark, other than some new houses that went up in the 1960’s on the site of a farm where George had his offices. George was a prolific builder in the beginning of the 20th Century. He bought up land from Sir John…
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Stevenston, New Street Cemetery
Last week I went on a field trip to Stevenston to search a cemetery in Ayrshire that I guessed might have the graves of some of the Nicol family who grew up and worked in the town for nearly 90 years. Stevenston is a town on the coast of Ayrshire that became associated with the…