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Old Photographs & Postcards

Below is a list of the old photographs we have managed to source with some brief information. If you click on the thumbnail picture a new window will open and the image will load, once the window opens you will have the option to view the next photo in the sequence or close it.

View of Ecclesmachan from the south. Taken circa 1900. Showing the church, the recently built bridge - new section of road, the smiddy and the schoolhouse.

Inside the Church in 1909. Taken around 1909, just after major alterations. This picture appears by permission of West Lothian History and Amenity Society.

View of Ecclesmachan Manse. Taken circa 1920. Shows the rear of the house (north and east) and the well kept gardens. The child in the picture is probably the minister's (either Rev. A. Tulloch or Rev. R. Pinkerton) daughter.

View of the Church. Taken circa 1970. Shows the south and west sides, the two Norman style arched doorways and a sun-dial (bearing the motto "Carpe Diem" - meaning "Seize the Day"), built in a panel on the buttress.

View #1 of Lampinsdub. Taken circa 1961. Shows a front view of a house named "Lampinsdub" situated about a mile east of Threemiletown and until the local authority boundaries were amended in the fifties, was in the Parish of Ecclesmachan. This picture appears by permission of Alan Scott & Brian Frater.

View #2 of Lampinsdub. Also taken circa 1961. Shows a front and side view of the house. This picture appears by permission of Alan Scott & Brian Frater.

The following set of postcard images appear courtesy of J. Pitcairn, Broxburn. These were part of a collection of postcards from the Broxburn area.
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B&W postcard of Binny Craig	Reverse side of B&W Binny Craig postcard Unused so no date, but it's from c1900
B&W postcard of School & Church	Reverse side of B&W School & Church postcard Postmark dated 1904
Colour postcard of School & Church	Reverse side of colour School & Church postcard Postmark dated 1908
B&W postcard of Smiddy	Reverse side of B&W Smiddy postcard Postmark unclear, may be 1906
Colour postcard of Smiddy	Reverse side of colour Smiddy postcard Postmark dated 1906
B&W postcard of Smiddy	Reverse side of B&W Smiddy postcard Unused so no date, but it's from c1900
B&W postcard of bridge, Smiddy & Church	Reverse side of B&W bridge, Smiddy & Church postcard Postmark dated 1904
Colour of postcard of bridge	Reverse side of colour bridge postcard Postmark dated 1904
B&W of postcard bridge, Smiddy & Church	Reverse side of B&W bridge, Smiddy & Church postcard Postmark dated 1908