Blacksmith on the quay

[g forgeron]

Does anyone have any information, and or photographs, of the blacksmiths which was located on Dumbarton Quay around 1941. I used to be left there, watching the horses being shod, whilst my mother went shopping in the high street

[rosie17]

Have you tried the library in Dumbarton to see if they have anything in their archives

[DonM]

http://blacksmiths.mygenwebs.com/scotland-1.php

Don

[g forgeron]

OK DonM, appreciate the  list but I don't know his name

[fifer1947]

A blacksmith and a farrier couldn't have been too many of them left in the '60s  Sadly I am old enough to remember the horses delivering coal, milk, beer kegs etc and even taking our family trunk to the station or steamer in Glasgow for the holidays but that was in the '50s.

Might be worth contacting Dumbarton Heritage Centre they would know, and most likely they would have a photo or two as well.  Link to contact http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/libraries/archives-family-history/dumbarton-heritage-centre/

Good luck!

[DonM]

Send an email to the chap next to the Hume's on the list.  I'm betting he will know or know someone who does.

Don

[g forgeron]

Thanks to all who have replied. I think it might be the Humes, tried to click on to"JOE" but nothing happens. I'll have a look at the valuation rolls for Dumbarton, I should have thought of that earlier.