Sue Greig kindly shared this advert from 1823, in times when Glencaple Quay was known as the 'Port of Dumfries'... [Transcribed below] Â WEEKLY STEAM-PACKET, BETWEEN Dumfries, Whitehaven and Liverpool THE Public are respectfully informed, that the fast-sailing [.....]
Thanks to Sue Greig for sharing this with us - an 1886 advertisment for the let of the 'modern construction' Rose Villa, now Nith View, in Glencaple, Caerlaverock. Note that, along with many other desirable features, the supply [.....]
Ian and Brenda Craik attended the recent fundraising concert at the Barbour Hall in Glencaple, and it reminded them that they have a song on CD written by family member Hamish Guerrini about the history of Glencaple! Hamish [.....]
With many thanks to Alec Armstrong for lending us an envelope full of fabulous photos and other documents to be included in the 'Then and Now' display at the upcoming Caerlaverock NNR 60th Anniversary celebrations on Saturday! We'll [.....]
Karl Savege sent us these fabulous pictures of fishing in the past on the Nith, to be included in the NNR 60th Open Day 'then and now' display. Thank you Karl - we agree, it is important to [.....]
With thanks to Tom Brown who handed this newspaper cutting in (below) for the NNR 60th 'Then and Now' land use display at their 60th Anniversary Celebrations Open Day in the Barbour Hall, Glencaple on 15th July 2017! [.....]
Have you got any interesting old photos which you'd be happy to share with the community for the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve (NNR) 60th Anniversary celebrations on the 15th July 2017? Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve (NNR) are looking [.....]
Photo credit: Mostly Ghostly Investigations A year ago today, we ventured forth on a mission. . . A brief history first; setting the scene: To the North of Bankend, and easily visible from the road, sits [.....]
Here's a photo of Phyllis' cottage (remains of), for anyone else who has yet to find it! It's really just the fireplace and chimney breast that remain, but we'd still like to see it! Thanks to Nic Coombey [.....]
Adam Murphy from the Caerlaverock NNR has given us some rather interesting old pics. He's trying to identify people that are in some old Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve celebration photos. The 60th Anniversary Celebrations are going to be [.....]
What are 39 Estonian fishermen doing in Glencaple, Caerlaverock? Karl Savege of the Nith Estuary Haaf Net Fishers Association got in touch to let us know about the Estonian fishermens' visit today (Friday 19th May). The fishermen have [.....]
We were completely foxed by Neale Lawson's recent submission to Caerlaverock Community Associaton! Did we know what this picture is of? Do you? Here, Neale explains: It is the site, as far as I can tell, of Kirkblane [.....]
A wee video montage of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain (Scottish Section) on the 7th May 2017 at Glencaple Quay End. See if you can spot the oldest known running Scottish Built car, a 1901 Albion [.....]
Big thanks to Tom Brown who got in touch to share these 2 fabulous 'old' newspaper cuttings of his grand discovery! What he uncovered turned out to be an old river workboat, around 200 years old, which is [.....]
Thanks to Tom Brown for this interesting photo and note he has just sent us! Here is a photograph from July 1961. "Cattle crossing Phylis's Creek on Lantonside Merse." With erosion this creek has disappeared now. I well [.....]
Anyone remember this from their Caerlaverock school days?! Thank you to Pamela and Tom Brown who found this tea towel which has certainly stood the test of time; it was illustrated by the children and staff of Caerlaverock [.....]
*Update - Thanks to Brian Morrell, centre manager at WWT Caerlaverock, Colin Campbell's details have now been forwarded to William Baxter! William Baxter, now living in Indonesia, responded to one of our Facebook posts featuring an otter at [.....]
To conclude our series of conversations with Stephen Powell, we asked him about the war years in Glencaple. As with the previous parts, Stephen bravely allowed us to use the actual audio recordings (so you can hear his [.....]
We learned last time that Stephen Powell first came to live in Glencaple village in Dumfries and Galloway at the age of six. (Read part 1 here) We caught up with him in the same sitting room in [.....]
In the first of what we hope to be a series of conversations with local Caerlaverock people, we set out to persuade Stephen Powell to be the first ‘subject’ of this series. A few drinks at the Nith [.....]
