Castlemilk History

cots had been here at one time. We made trips to museums, libraries, spoke to older members of the community, read books, gathered photographs and found more and more people and places to contact. Then came the suggestion to put on a History Exhibition in conjunction with other history groups in the area who were researching their own specific subjects. The Castlemilk People's History Group, the WEA reminisence class meeting in the Pensioners Action Centre, made a tape ol old childhood songs and wrote a book, "The Big Flit", of their early memories of Castlemilk as a post-war housing scheme. The Jeely Piece Club made stained glass Windows, Ceramic tiles depicting historical scenes and reconstructed the inside of an old cottage. They also looked into how children lived, worked and played in the olden days. Our group studied the local area from neolithic times, discovering the archaeology of the place, to the Castlemilk house and the Stirling Stuarts with their connection with Mary Queen of Scots. The exhibition took place for a week in October 1990 and was a great success. Can I just add that I do not wish this site to become a chat forum, it is ok to ask questions and get responses but preferably to be kept to "Castlemilk History", or any particular photo... If there are non Castlemilk Posts, they may be deleted within a few days... Also I don't want any advertising of other sites unless it's related to Castlemilk and it's people... Just hope you understand and are ok with this! Thank you... PS, Can I please ask folks to mind their language as a lot of School kids might well be using this page to help learn a bit about their area... Thanks! :)