Biggar Museum Trust

Biggar Museum Trust aims to collect, store, preserve and record Biggar and Upper Clydesdale’s rich archaeological, social and historic heritage.

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The final stop on our #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt was David Lockhart, the Printer and Stationer. We have a fantastic range of stationery in our museum shop, including these Paddington pencils. We also have this gorgeous range of Love Country cards. #biggarmuseum

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The bulk of David’s trade was to produce posters and leaflets for the local area. Why not come visit our museum to take your own tour of Gladstone Court? #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt #biggarmuseum #victorianshops #biggar #whatsonlanarkshire #VisitScotland

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The final stop on our #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt tour is David Lockhart, the Printer and Stationer. David Lockhart learned his trade at North Vennel, Lanark, before moving to the High Street in Biggar, where he and his wife lived with an apprentice and a servant.

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The penultimate shop on our #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt was the Toy Shop. In our museum shop, we have a range of toys, including Desktop Skittles and Dinosaur Glow in the Dark Skeleton. #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt #biggarmuseum #toys #whatsonlanarkshire #visitscotland

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It is included because toys during this period played an important part in children's lives. In our toy shop, we have a range of toys including; dolls, books, cars, and board games. What was your favourite toy as a child? #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt #biggarmuseum #toyshop

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The penultimate stop on our #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt tour is the Toy Shop. This shop is different from all the other shops in the museum because there was no specialist toy shop in the town.

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The second shop on our #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt was Misses Scott, the Dressmakers. If you want to update your wardrobe, we have a gorgeous range of scarves in our museum shop. #biggarmuseum #whatsonlanarkshire #visitscotland #fashion

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If you want to learn more about the shops on Gladstone Court, you can buy the ‘Beyond the Counter’ book in our museum shop. #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt #biggarmuseum #victoriantimes #victorianshops #dressmakers #biggar #whatsonlanarkshire #visitscotland

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By the time of the 1891 census, they had their two nieces living with them as apprentice dressmakers, accounting for four of the 36 dressmakers in the town. In our dressmakers, there is a Singer sewing machine which would have been used by the dressmakers.

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The shop we are exploring this week as part of our #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt is Misses Scott, the Dressmakers. Jeannie and Maggie Scott became dressmakers and worked from home.

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We also have a range of sass & belle bamboo products. #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt #biggarmuseum #biggar #sassandbelle #householditems #bambooproducts #whatsonlanarkshire #visitscotland

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The second shop on our #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt was John Gladstone, the Ironmongers. Come visit our museum shop as we have a fantastic range of household items. We have this Sashiko pattern small bowl and a Sashiko glass storage tub.

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As the posters and objects in the shop illustrate, the ironmonger also provided a diverse range of tools and local equipment for local farmers, gardeners and tradespeople. #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt #biggarmuseum #victorianshop #visitscotland #whatsonlanarkshire #biggar

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The second shop we will be visiting as part of our #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt tour is John Gladstone, the Ironmonger. Gladstone set up his business in 1863, aged 21. The shop is filled with Victorian household items such as a bed warmer, carpet beater and mincer.

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@PrintScot Thank you! Don't worry, we will be visiting the printing office in the next couple of weeks.

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The first stop on our #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt was William Inglis, the Grocers. Why not come and visit our museum shop? We have these gorgeous wildlife mugs. #biggarmuseum #biggar #whatsonlanarkshire #visitscotland #wildlife

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If you want to learn more about the shops on Gladstone Court you can buy the ‘Beyond the Counter’ book in our museum shop. #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt #biggarmuseum #victoriantimes #victorianshops #biggar #whatsonlanarkshire #visitscotland #williaminglis

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All the shop fittings on display are from Biggar grocers’ shops; Brunton’s, Fergusons’s and Wilson’s.

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The first stop on our #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt tour is William Inglis (1842-76), the Grocers. After William’s death in 1876, the shop was run by his wife, Annie and her brother-in-law John.

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This streetscape is from the nineteenth century and includes a recreation of the different shops, and every week we will explore a new shop. #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt #biggarmuseum #biggar

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For the next few weeks, we are going to do a series of #JourneyThroughGladstoneCourt posts, which will take you on a tour of the Gladstone Court streetscape in our museum.