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I do not think there is an Armadale in Lanarkshire, there is an Armadale in West Lothian (Linlithgowshire). The West Lothian Courier which is the local newspaper is available on The British Newspaper Archive and FindMyPast.

Have checked the West Lothian Family History Society's Burial CDs. There were two sisters buried in Glasgow Road Cemetery, Bathgate, West Lothian in 1918 who died of an accident. Catherine age 8 died on 16 November 1918 and Margaret age 12 on 19 November 1918. At that time they were living at 28 Durhamtown, if you look for Birniehill Crescent on a modern map that will give you the location of Durhamtown. Patrick died in 1939 and Mary nee Bradley died in 1945 they were living at 14 Whiteside which is just down the road towards Bathgate. I have had a look on Billion Grave but cannot see a headstone photograph for them.


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As far as I am aware West Lothian Archives do not hold any records for Westfield Paper Mill. As the mill was owned by a larger company it is likely that any records would have been retained by the company which I believe was made bankrupt. Unfortunately the local history library is a shell of its former self and is purely a reference library and queries cannot be undertaken, the website is at https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/44856/Local-History-Library. All original records  from the local history library except the voters rolls and valuation rolls and maps were transferred to archives leaving the photographs, reference books and microfilm collection.

Eric

Comparing the descriptions of the intersecting streets in the 1881-1882 and 1900-1901 Post Office Directories with the 1/1250 of 1951 on the National Library of Scotlands Georeferenced maps page https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=55.85533&lon=-4.23031&layers=170&b=1 there had been no renumbering between 1881 and 1951. The 1250 is, I think, the only series of maps which shows street numbers. You may need to look at the "Scotland, Town Plans" rather than just Scotland as a category on the NLS site to get a better understanding of the intersecting streets as there appears to have been some renaming of streets. The Post Office directories are at https://digital.nls.uk/directories/ or https://archive.org/ and will give the location of banks and shops.

Eric

There is a chapter on North Africa in Michael Paterson's book "Voices of the Code Breakers" which may give an insight into what was happening with intelligence work in North Africa. The book is the personal accounts of the people involved in the transmission and decoding of intelligence.

Eric