I sent the picture because it shows the name Crofts on the low building on the railway station side, as my wife's grandfather ran a small slater and plasterer/building company from these premises across from his house next to the Rosebank church.

His name was Charles White Crofts, died 1936. The family company does not seem to have survived after the outbreak of WW2. It was taken on by his sons Charles jr and James. The Crofts seem to have come to the area from Ireland 1860/70s to work in Rutherglen heavy engineering, works staying in Gallowflats Rutherglen before moving into the Clifton area Cambuslang, before living in the Main street.

My late mother in Law, b.1917 d.1974 was the youngest of a family of 9. Now, none left. The last to die was Edward and Sarah (Sadie); she was unmarried. They died within 2/3 days of each other 1977.

Sadie stayed all her days in the old property on the Main Street before moving along to new flats still on the main street. There was 9 grandchildren from this family, now all in there late 60s/and 70s scattered about Scotland, England and Wales.

Old Charles Crofts seemed to the kind of man who was into all the local affairs and organisations. He was very prominent on the committee for the reopening of Borgie Glen park, plus he seemed to own a bit of property in the town. The Colebroke tenements seemed to be his and rented out by him.

So this is a bit of a potted history about the Crofts of Cambuslang. My mother in law worked in House of Fraser stores in Glasgow before being called up for war work in John Browns shipyards as a electrician on new warships. So the Jewellery boxes below were just amongst my wife’s own memory box of her parent’s bits and pieces, so thought they might be of interest to you.