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Picnic at Shaws Farm off the Old Calder Road Sighthill.

1946
Picnic at Shaws Farm off the Old Calder Road Sighthill.
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Shaws Farm was on the Broomhouse side of the old Calder Road and was a Dairy Farm. It was situated where the old St Josephs Primary School stood opposite Parkhead Gardens.

X’s are Myra Moyes and brother Alan.
Also in the picture are May Luke, Sheila Drummond, June Luke, Sheila Stout and possibly William Luke.

Thanks to Myra Legge for the photo

Stuart Laidlaw Added by Stuart Laidlaw

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Location:
Sighthill Sighthill
Categories:
Childhood Events
Contributor:
Stuart Laidlaw
Scrapbooks:
Stuart Laidlaw's History of Social and other Events in Sighthill during the early to mid 20th Century. Stuart Laidlaw's History of Broomhouse 1939 to the early 1970s.

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