Hidden Hamilton
Discovering stories about Hamilton - its people, places, past and present.
31 August, 2013
Hamilton Chinese - the Mook family
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'I could wrap you up in newspaper and there wouldn’t be a gap anywhere!' This somewhat startling skill comes from working in M...
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09 August, 2013
The Miller’s legacy
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'You can sit next to him. He’s one of those' . George Yanis was 8 years old, in 3 rd class at Tighes Hill Primary School. The bo...
29 July, 2013
Greater stories to be told
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'I rushed out the front door - everyone was coming out of their homes. I looked towards Beaumont Street from our elevated front driveway...
21 July, 2013
Why does a blacksmith have a shop?
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It was his private retreat, even though the sound of hammer against anvil blasted my five year old eardrums. I loved crouching against the s...
14 July, 2013
Survival of a stately home
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It means 'a pile of rough stones'. One of Hamilton’s rare surviving late Victorian homes, Fettercairn is truly a survivor. Over the ...
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06 July, 2013
Who’s been sleeping in my house?
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The popularity of the television series of this name shows how keen many of us are discover the human dramas that might have played out in t...
28 June, 2013
'Blow it up over my dead body!'
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'A couple of days after the earthquake, I was at home in the parsonage in Beaumont Street when there was a knock on the door. I opened i...
22 June, 2013
Wesleyans of Pit Town
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Pressing his nose against the glass as I hold him up to our high front window, my three year old grandson stares transfixed at the floodlit ...
15 June, 2013
When good news is front page news
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To discover and tell stories about Hidden Hamilton , people need to know what I am looking for. What better opportunity to reach people than...
12 June, 2013
Whose head is it, really?
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Wrestling with the unwieldy pipes, the busy scaffolder took little notice of the small sculpture above the doorway, the head of a bearded ma...
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