Glenbuchat Heritage

156 Craigton Shop Carpenter Writing 1904

Carpenters at the Old Glenbuchat Shop 1904 Pt 1

I am grateful to Tony King, present owner of the Old Shop at Glenbuchat, who salvaged the above pieces of wood with writing on them when renovating the building.
The wood writings are displayed above and on the next page

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The pictures above show:

Photo 1 Photo of the Craigton Shop being built about 1901
Click for page with details of the names of the Builders

Photo 2, 3, 4, Photo of Wooden board with writing:

When I am dead and in my grave
And all my bones are rotten,
You’ll see this lines and mind on me,
When I am quite forgotten.

And on the right side:

Written by A Rennie Joiner here
In the year 1904

Photo 4, 5, 6 Names of Jointers

John Gordon
Andrew Rennie
A Robertson
R Stuart
Carpenters
To Robertson
Lumsden
W Thom
Painter and
Dresser to
Robertson
Lumsden

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