Tag Archives: Lanark

Route 36 to High Street Lanark

Posted on March 16, 2020 by ronniecruwys

With most of these buildings on Wellgate constructed in the early to mid-19th century, they will have already witnessed the pandemic of 1918 -19, the epidemic which took around 50 million lives worldwide including my Grandfather’s, just a few months … Continue reading →

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Wellgate Lanark – Healing Hands to La Vigna

Posted on March 8, 2020 by ronniecruwys

Wellgate, Lanark is one of the historic four gates or ports into the town. These are West Port, East Port, Wellgate and Castlegate. This drawing of Wellgate starts with no 60 and 58 and ends where it meets the High … Continue reading →

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Flowers by Lesley to Flowers of Scotland

Posted on February 27, 2020 by ronniecruwys

There’s something uplifting to see flowers out on the high street, especially at this time of year. To continue where I left off on the last blog post, this is Flowers by Lesley Strachan,  on Lanark High Street, always a … Continue reading →

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Bloomgate: St Nicholas to Greyfriars

Posted on December 21, 2019 by ronniecruwys

We are in the week running up to Christmas 2019. It seems timely to begin this post with this drawing of St Nicholas’s Church Lanark. The links and legends associated with St Nicholas and Santa Claus are too many to … Continue reading →

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Drawing a Scottish Street: Bloomgate, Lanark

Posted on July 1, 2019 by ronniecruwys

Scotland is an ongoing adventure but leaving Staffordshire was quite a tug.  After living 24 years in the area you can imagine that the hardest part was saying goodbye to friends and all those people that make up the fabric … Continue reading →

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