Monday, 6 September
This is the Latin motto of the old Spier's School on Barrmill Road. The motto translates as 'What 'What is true is right (or secure)' and was chosen by the Spier family for the school...…
20 August
There was once a fine mansion called Nettlehurst overlooking the old Giffen Station, being situated...…
9 August
Just across the road from Spier's Old Shool Grounds on Barrmill Road is the site of the old...…
1 July
In the 1830s 40 Barrmill and Greenhills area locals died from Cholera and were buried in a...… 2 Comments
29 June
Geilsland was a 'half Merk' land, part of the 'four merk' land of Marshalland, in the old feudal...…
24 June
One of the more unusual railways in the Beith district was the narrow gauge Hillhead Railway, that...…
18 June
Margaret Gibson was the wife of Robert Spier and mother of the John Spier for whom 'Spier's' was...…
18 June
Crooked Dam farm once sat beside the Powgree Burn near Broadstone Bridge on the Geilsland Burn,...…
18 June
In 1834 Cholera broke out in Beith. The response was that 'clothes were burned, bedding...…
7 June
I was in Shetland 2 years ago and took some pictures of Harbison Park on Whalsay. It is named after...… 1 Comment
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