No, not that sort. It’s just that when I die they’ll just send a skip round to take all my … More
Category: Dad
Alexander Walker Hamilton
Happy anniversary, Mum & Dad
Happy anniversary, Mum & Dad
Has anything changed in the past 12 months? Well I’m closer to ending it but that’s about all. So I’ll just rerun the post from last year…
New Year memories
Somehow or other I found myself wandering aimlessly around Tollcross, a hing oot fae my childhood. It was just the … More
Happy Deid Da Day
Yes, it’s 38 years ago today that ma faither died. Yes, on Christmas Eve. Deal with it. Anyway, here he … More
Happy birthday Dad
Happy birthday Dad. That’s you above in finest seventies dayglo next to my Great Uncle George. I still wonder how … More
Stonehouse, Lanarkshire – the Walkers
William Walker was my 3rd great grandfather on my fathers side. He was born abt 1796 in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, and … More
Mr H Goes To Carnwath
From about 8 years back when I was still retracing my deid Dads steps. Way back in ye olde days, … More
Polbeth and West Calder
After my Dads brother Ian died – John Sorley Hamilton b 26/06/1918 Woodmuir, West Lothian d 17/06/2008 209 High Street, Edinburgh … More
Euphemia Bell and George Tod wedding banns
As you will have read elsewhere, I spent a lot of time in my childhood with my Great Aunt Euphemia … More
The Hamilton Family Bible
Of course, we’re poor white trash from a long line of poor white trash, so the nearest we have to … More
