Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Drumacre Farm No More

There's been farmhouses here for centuries. Not any more.
UPDATE: Here's part of a map from the 1850s.


9 comments:

  1. Are all the farm buildings away as well?

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  2. Thought they might have renovated them at least...

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  3. Its aw they pair sheep ah feel sorry fur.
    Nae mair wul ah hear thir soft cries and bleats echoin in wind is ah'm lying in ma bed it nicht in Grahamsdyke.
    The silence i the lambs, indeed.
    Its an effing disgrace.

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  4. Thir is a suggestion in the academic circles ah move in thit this Fermhoose is built oan tap i the Antonnine Wa'. Wid it no be ironic if they discovert the remains i the emperor wha oversa the buildin i the wa' himsel, Antonnius Aitkenus, n aw hoosebuilding work hud to stoap?

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  5. Exactly the spot whaur a goat jumped bi "Face" Moore oan ma wiy back ti the Murries. It didni help when his mate Dotty of the green nostril affliction waded in to gee him handers. Sum dull yins handed oot ti me that day, ah'll tell yi.

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  6. The trees are gone now.

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  7. Thet Leylandii huv stood fur ower a couple i years.
    This is mass destruction oan an epic scale.

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  8. He He - accordn ti that map there's a pitheid near to where the hooses are built. Ah hope they ootsider yuppie residents huv been telt aw aboot Bo'ness's habit i the groond openin up and swallyin evryhing as per Withirspoon, Kinknickers, Tooty's hoose in G-pans etc.

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  9. Whit aboot the Stewirt the fairmers hoose is that awa isweel?
    Hewis mibby awa ti stand inline fir a handoot in Ireland. seemingly the gov wir handin oot 5k ti fairmirs?

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