Caerlaverock History
Do you have any interesting stories or photographs about the Caerlaverock area? Know a little about the history, happenings or activities from time gone by? Newspaper cuttings? Stories passed down the generations? Or if you have some old photos you’d be happy to share, please get in touch.
We’re more than happy for you to write up things in your own words, in fact we’re actively looking for submissions and ideas as well as photos. It can be about any aspect of Caerlaverock History.
Email us at info@caerlaverock.org.uk or get in touch through our Facebook Page or with one of the Association who will be able to point you in the right direction! (see the Contact page)
This is the story of Wullie McDade… A Heinous Haaf Netting Tale has been made
Thank you Tom Broon for rooting aroon' And bringing this tale to our attention. Main photo courtesy of Norman Broon, Keep yer eyes peeled, there's more coming soon!
Veteran Car Rally 2019 – a Few Photos
What a beautiful day for a car rally, especially for cars without a roof! Here are a few snaps from this morning - you have another opportunity to see the cars and speak to their [.....]
Glencaple front row – then and now!
A cool old postcard from Norman Brown of the front row cottages at Glencaple. We decided to take a pic of what it looks like now, so slide the arrows to see how it has [.....]
Caerlaverock Primary School 40th Anniversary, in Photos!
Many thanks to Miss Cochrane for sending us this info and photos of the Caerlaverock Primary School 40th Anniversary Celebrations! Happy Birthday school, and happy holidays all! "Forty years ago, in 1979, Glencaple and Hutton [.....]
Dumfries to Glencaple Railway!
Report from The Dumfries Standard 1899 - Thanks to Sue Greig for this fascinating clipping :) PROPOSED LIGHT RAILWAY FROM DUMFRIES TO GLENCAPLE A meeting was held in Dumfries yesterday afternoon to consider a proposal [.....]
Newspaper Cutting from Hutton School
Many thanks to Yvonne Walton for sharing this newspaper cutting with us from 1961. She found it amongst some family photographs and can name all but the two ladies standing at the front next to [.....]
Pictures of old Bankend (and a bonus bridge!)
Thanks to Norman Brown who passed us these photos and postcards of Bankend to let you have a look at! We did try to take a photo in the same place for comparison but bushes, [.....]
Border Life featuring Robert Waland (Astronomer who lived in Glencaple)
Thank you to Alice Wilson - we've just watched this fascinating programme by Border Life and are sharing here with you. Alice says: "Robert Waland lived in Glencaple, he built his first telescope there and [.....]
That’s some drift!
Thank you to Karl Savege for this photo he sent us in, we thought we'd put it up since we have a storm incoming - Freya to be precise. Somehow we don't think it will [.....]
Article on Neale Lawson and his 1906 Star
Thank you to Judith Mylne for this super article she has shared with us. We can't remember what publication it was in, but will ask her at a more appropriate time (5 minutes to midnight [.....]
People from the Past
Many thanks to John Roberts for sharing some more old photos and info: Main image (above): "The lady sitting down on the left with a hat on is my grandmother Elizabeth Robb nee Stott, known [.....]
Old school photos from 90 years ago
Thank you to Alice Rourke for these fascinating old photos of the old school in Glencaple. Alice has let us know some of the names, are any your relatives? Or indeed is there anybody in [.....]
Haaf Netters of The Solway Article (Scots Magazine April 2007)
Thank you to Norman Brown for a bunch of really interesting photos he gave us to share with you - coming soon! For now though, he brought this issue of the Scots Magazine - April [.....]
McLean of Caerlaverock – Info Sought
Anne Maclean has been in touch, asking if anyone can help as she is researching her husband's family who lived around Caerlaverock in the 1800s. "My husband's great grandfather was Robert McLean Gray and Robert's [.....]
Head Teacher, Harold Hurst at Hutton Hall School, 1930s Photos
Peter Hurst got in touch with this series of photos, which were amongst his late grandparents possessions. They are from when Harold Hurst was Headteacher at Hutton Hall in the 1930s. In the main image [.....]
Fancy Dress Photo – thanks to you know who by now :)
Some of you may have seen the two recent School photos from a few years ago (here and here!), and recognised yourselves, family or friends in them. So hows about this one we've had sent [.....]
Glencaple in the 50’s
We got this lovely old photo sent in from Keith McCubbin, and with a little bit of retouching to remove marks on it, here it is! Notes on the back say: Keith McCubbin & Marion [.....]
Bankend Primary from Yesteryear
Here's a fab photo we've been sent - children at Hutton Hall Primary School in Bankend, from around 1961! Do you recognise anyone?
Back to School…Video
We don't know about you, but being able to rattle off the names of everybody you went to school with is well past our capability these days! Not so for Tom Brown, who unearthed this [.....]
Some more wonderful old photos!
Well it looks like the floodgates have opened, everybody has been unearthing some old photos, keep them coming! Today it is Karl's turn, thank you for this batch! Karl writes: "I had heard about the [.....]
Old Photos of Caerlaverock
Some wonderful old photos sent in! Many thanks! Main image [above] The Post Office in Bankend before it was knocked down and the stone taken to Newfield. Old newspaper cutting, Caerlaverock/Glencaple Women's Guild celebrate 50 years [.....]