I was very proud to have made this film that allowed the former residents of Bothwellhaugh to voice their memories of the village. Now that I'm a professional in television there's so much I'd do differently from my old college days however this was in many ways the crowning achievement in college that year and I'm very proud of the journey I went on making this and all the wonderful people I met whilst developing and filming it. It's hard to believe that it will be a decade next year since I first pitched, filmed and spoke to the BBC amongst others and it taught me a lot about the industry and actually did help shape the successful career I have now.
It was great to see this film, I was only born about 5yrs before Bothwehaugh came to its end, but my granda grew up there and his parents were residents there for many years, although my granda left long before the end, but my mums aunt lived there till she died, I always remember my mum talking about going to see her at the Pailis,
I was born August 23,1938 at #10 Clyde Street, Bothwellhaugh Scotland. I now live in Chattanooga, Tennessee. My mother's name maiden name was Jane Dowie Robertson. I am still in touch with my mother's family who now live in Bellshill or close by.
+William Coulter My dad was born 11th June 1938 in the post office. My great grandmother was the midwife, so theres a good chance she delivered you into the world. The family address was Clyde street, although my gran and granddad had moved to East Lothian, they went back to Bothwellhaugh for his birth as apparently they had to pay for GPs and midwives in those days....
I moved to Bothwellhaugh when I married and lived at 14 Raith Place ,home of my in-laws the Macfarlane's. They emigrated to Canada in 1948 and my husband Struther and I ,formerly May McLaren, and our son also Struther, followed them in 1952. I still correspond with my husband's cousin Elizabeth Fox who lives in Uddingston and whose parents also lived in the village.
I lived in clyde place with a family called Marshal during and after the 2cnd world war they had two daughters Jessie and wee may I remember playing at the old roman bridge and going to the pit head to meet Mr Marshal who i called da.I went to the local school for a while.At the back of clyde place was a slag heap called the Bing at the bottom was the railway into the coalmine called the palais.Ioften had a ride on the footplate of the steem engine in and out the mine.Anyone know the marshalls?
Hi there the BBC actually screened a version of events regarding the village in the early 2000's. That was ultimately what ruled out a commission for this version.
I was very proud to have made this film that allowed the former residents of Bothwellhaugh to voice their memories of the village. Now that I'm a professional in television there's so much I'd do differently from my old college days however this was in many ways the crowning achievement in college that year and I'm very proud of the journey I went on making this and all the wonderful people I met whilst developing and filming it. It's hard to believe that it will be a decade next year since I first pitched, filmed and spoke to the BBC amongst others and it taught me a lot about the industry and actually did help shape the successful career I have now.
It was very interesting, thank you
My mum is 73 now and was born and raised there but left before it was brought down. This video footage brought many good memories back to here. Thanks
is she still alive
It was great to see this film, I was only born about 5yrs before Bothwehaugh came to its end, but my granda grew up there and his parents were residents there for many years, although my granda left long before the end, but my mums aunt lived there till she died, I always remember my mum talking about going to see her at the Pailis,
this is a fantastic film im going to share this as this will bring back lots of memories x
Aunt and uncle stayed there..memories.
Nice video
My wee gran and papa lived there before they moved to Caledonian avenue. X
I was born August 23,1938 at #10 Clyde Street, Bothwellhaugh Scotland. I now live in Chattanooga, Tennessee. My mother's name maiden name was Jane Dowie Robertson. I am still in touch with my mother's family who now live in Bellshill or close by.
+William Coulter My dad was born 11th June 1938 in the post office. My great grandmother was the midwife, so theres a good chance she delivered you into the world. The family address was Clyde street, although my gran and granddad had moved to East Lothian, they went back to Bothwellhaugh for his birth as apparently they had to pay for GPs and midwives in those days....
Hi William my great great grandparents George and Margaret Robertson lived in 6 Douglas Place in 1901 they had a son George who was 17 in 1901
I moved to Bothwellhaugh when I married and lived at 14 Raith Place ,home of my in-laws the Macfarlane's. They emigrated to Canada in 1948 and my husband Struther and I ,formerly May McLaren, and our son also Struther, followed them in 1952. I still correspond with my husband's cousin Elizabeth Fox who lives in Uddingston and whose parents also lived in the village.
You were born no10 Clyde place. There was no Clyde street!.
Very interesting 😉
Very interesting,live over in hamilton not to far from the racecourse so not a million miles from where the village was.
I lived in clyde place with a family called Marshal during and after the 2cnd world war they had two daughters Jessie and wee may I remember playing at the old roman bridge and going to the pit head to meet Mr Marshal who i called da.I went to the local school for a while.At the back of clyde place was a slag heap called the Bing at the bottom was the railway into the coalmine called the palais.Ioften had a ride on the footplate of the steem engine in and out the mine.Anyone know the marshalls?
Hi,who can I speak to about getting more information about this video and the content?
Why hasn't BBC Scotland done a full blown documentary on this???? There must be hundreds of places like this in Scotland.
Hi there the BBC actually screened a version of events regarding the village in the early 2000's. That was ultimately what ruled out a commission for this version.