Platthorn East Kilbride in the 1920's

[Forfarian]

Thanks, Annep5892. I must make a trip to EK one of these days and have a look for what remains of all the places associated with my rellies in EK. There are plenty of them!

[MonicaL]

I would like to throw my hat in too and say that I lived in EK for 7 years in the 1970s I also likely walked past the area on my way to school too!

Little did I know then, before I got interested (aka obsessed  ) in genealogy, that on my fathers' side his ggg's had come over from Ireland to East Kilbride in the 1850s where they lived for the next 20 years or so before heading off to the Glasgow area.

Monica

[anne_p]

Our story is similar Monica.
EK was granted New Town status in 1946 and, both my parents and my husbands family moved from Glasgow to EK in the early 1950s.
Little did we know that my husbands family originate in EK and can be positively traced back to the early 1700's.

Platthorn Farm land was probably compulsory purchased by EKDC around the early 1950s.
The first St Brides school ( junior secondary) opened 1955/6, followed by St Brides church

Parts of the original school was demolished in the mid 1970's ( whilst I was there) and replaced with a modern version.
It, was also demolished about 10 yrs ago and replaced with a third version!

[MonicaL]

My father was Head of the English Department for a few years at St Brides. World is small for sure 

Monica

[sancti]

The big slope at the front of the school was a pain to cut with a Flymo 

[anne_p]

  @ Sancti!
It's odd, because I still live in EK but, other than attending the odd funeral, I've never had any reason to venture up to the school since I left in the mid 1970's
Probably because my own children didn't go to St Brides!

[MonicaL]

Sorry, Baird, turning into Friends Reunited here ...and we are always so good at staying on topic here 

One more and then I will stop  What were you doing on that hill with a flymo, Sancti?!

Monica

[sancti]

Sadly pulling it up and down with a rope for hours 

H&S rules

Thankfully it was only 1 season before I got a transfer down the hill to civilisation in Hamilton 

[MonicaL]

Ahh...mis-spent youth then 

Hamilton...much more sedate and civilised then!

Monica