Santa is Coming
‘Santa is Coming – 7p.m. Arrival at Market’ This was one of the headlines in the Carluke Section of ‘The Carluke & Lanark Gazette’ of...
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Dec 23, 20202 min read
The Nativity Play
Did you ever play Mary or Joseph? Or were you perhaps one of the Three Wise Men or one of the Shepherds or the Innkeeper? Perhaps you...
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Dec 22, 20202 min read
Panto Time
Christmas is pantomime season and Carluke had its very own pantos between 1944 and 1957 when members of the YMCA entertained. The old...
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Dec 22, 20202 min read
Carluke Christmas Memories
Some of you will remember the really long, cold, snowy winter of 1962-63. At the time I was in Primary 3 at The Wee School in School...
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Dec 20, 20202 min read
A Hospital Christmas
For many decades, Carluke was home to not one but two hospitals – Law and Roadmeetings – and these two grand institutions have played a...
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Dec 19, 20202 min read
Christmas Dinner
One of the highlights of the festive season for many people is their Christmas Dinner. Interestingly, the components of this important...
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CPHS
Dec 19, 20201 min read
Snow, Snow, Snow!
While we do not always have a ‘White Christmas’, snow is something that we always associate with the festive season so we thought you...
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Dec 17, 20203 min read
Remembering the Troops at Christmas
In December 1914 while the people of Carluke and the surrounding communities prepared to celebrate Christmas, their thoughts could not...
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Dec 16, 20202 min read
Visiting Santa
A visit to Santa is part of the Christmas magic for children. Older readers will remember trips to Glasgow on the steam train to visit a...
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Dec 15, 20201 min read
Party Time
There has never been a shortage of Christmas parties in Carluke Parish - School, Sunday School, Boys’ Brigade, Girls’ Brigade, Cubs,...
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CPHS
Dec 14, 20202 min read
Sending Christmas Greetings
Once again it is the time of year to write and post your Christmas cards and calendars. This is a tradition that the people of Carluke...
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Dec 12, 20202 min read
The Market Place Christmas Tree
For the last seventy years, the people of Carluke have enjoyed the sight of a decorated Christmas Tree in the Market Place. It has played...
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