Dymocks buildings and the Beehive Brae

[mcghee67]

Hi anybody got any stories/pictures of the Beehive Brae and Dymocks buildings,
I am doing my family history and as most of my family came over from Donegal and stayed there and also their offspring I would like to add some imformation about it.  My dad said it was like the United Nations Irish, German Polish etc, Amongst my family names that stayed there are Molloys, Monaghans, Andersons, Hunter.  So I would like to hear from anyone that remembers

Thanks Jane

[mags c]

Don't know about dymock buildings but the beehive brae is on the main route from motherwell upto craigneuk.   Cowie square was on one side of the brae.  This was miners row again made up of various nationalities but from what I can gather lots of polish people.   

[mcghee67]

Hi Mags,

Hope you are well today anyway I am sure that Dymocks building was in Craigneuk St and it was at least a 2 storey building as my dad says his gran Biddy Molloy used to stay down the stairs from her daughter across the road next to the new entrance for the ravenscraig land he had an allotment where he used to grow veg during the war.  He also used to keep greyhounds and one of his dogs was called Dasher Bob that held the race track record at Carfin here is a picture of my grandfather and friends at racecourse day out I am sure there will be some Craigneuk men in it....... See if anybody can recognise anyone.

Jane

[mcghee67]

My grandfather is the last man in the second row down on his hunkers, I think I'll ask the kind people a photo restoration to do some thing with the picture

Jane

[mcghee67]

Here is a restored coloured version by the photograph restoration group at rootschat,  don't you think it looks great.  I can't thank them enough for all the work they have done.  They're a great bunch.......

Jane

[mcghee67]

Here is the coloured version

[mcghee67]

Craigneuk St was known locally as the beehive brae.  Here is a picture of how it looked after WW1, note the cinema the tram lines horse and cart, alot different to how it looks now

Jane

[bob2009]

Hi Jane ,
i am Robert Sloan i was born in motherwell maternity hospital in 1952. we lived in the beehive brae
untill 1962 at the very top landing of the brae on the left hand side heading towards Wishaw.
ok what do i remember? The outside toilet with no light in the middle of freezing winters, the two
wash-houses for the women and the four rows of coalhouses. Most of all, although we were
poor they were the happiest most carefree days of my life.
The only two people i remember on the brae were two wee lassies one was called Janice Murry
and she lived halfway down the brae on the same side as me  the other one was a girl called
Ann McGuik  i have probably spelt her surname wrong. she lived on the top flat above me
i attach a photo of my mother Martha Sloan who sadly passed away in 1956. The reason i
am sending  this is because i think that it may be close to the two bridges at the bottom of
the beehive brae.

[mcghee67]

Hi Bob,

Wheres the picture of your mum,  My ggran Biddy Molloy stayed in Dymocks building until her death in 1959

Thanks for sharing your imfo

Kind regards Jane