The Incomplete History of Castlemilk

The first exhibition of the Castlemilk History Group in co-ordination with the launch of the "Big Flit" book by the People's History Group. Elspeth King narrating the beginning of this video...
The Local History Group began in October 1989, with a class organised by the WEA (Workers Education Association).
At first we learned about the founding of Glasgow and progressed through to the industrial revolution.
We soon realised that most of the group became interested in the history of our own area, Castlemilk.
Some of us had a basic knowledge, and all of us somehow knew that Mary Queen of Scots had been here at one time.
We wanted to find out more. 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. It was all getting very exciting.
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 reminiscence 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.
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[@weesue]

OMG Poor wee Aggie... What an ambassador she was for Castlemilk, wonderful fostermother and great friend, she was funny and kind and persistent, anyone who knew her knew exactly the kind of straight person she was... You didn't mess with Aggie... It is a sad day without Aggie... :(

[@ravydavydavy]

thanks for this susan, i had an aunt jenny and uncle jim (morton), this looks so familiar. nice job, my mum and dad would have loved this, you let the people tell their own storey.

[@gazman111r]

LOL, so many people I went to school with doing the 'Neds stuff. :-D

[@weesue]

Let this video be a wee memorial to Agnes Devlin... RIP Aggie.
06.06 minutes into the video. :(

[@weesue]

HI Lafflikefuck
I know, but... We were jist being posh fur the day... lol
When I was wee I used to bags the ootsider... lol :)I could hardly get ma mouth around it... lol lol

[@coltseavers86]

cool

[@timmygravel]

jeff cuthbert and aggie devlin

[@weesue]

lol lol :)