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Competition
There will be a fantastic prize for the winners,
and their work will be published in the book.
The Trondra Local History Group is writing a
book about the history of Greater Easterhouse,
and we want YOU to get involved! |
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Did you know….
| 4000 years
ago Iron Age families lived in a dwelling
called a Crannog build on Bishop’s
Loch? |
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| Malcolm IV
became King in 11… aged only 12 years
old. He gave land in this area to the Monks
of Newbattle Abbey? |
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| Provanhall
House in Easterhouse is over 500 years old?
It was King James IV’s hunting lodge,
and his grandaughter Mary Queen of Scots
stayed there. |
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| In the late
1800’s in Garthamlock pits, children
spent 14 hours a day working underground? |
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Write a story or poem or draw a picture about these
amazing stories from Greater Easterhouse’s past.
You can find out more about local history by visiting
the exhibition ‘Greater Easterhouse – More
Than Just a Scheme’ at John Wheatley College,
or checking out the Trondra Local History group’s
website on http://www.greatereasterhouse.co.uk/trondra/.
Send your finished entry, with your name, age (if under
18) and contact details to the Trondra Local History
Group, John Wheatley College, 1200 Westerhouse Road,
Glasgow, G34.
To find out more, call Laura Edwards on 0141 778 2426,
or Ian on 0141 774 5632
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