Today we visited the library to investigate old maps and pictures of Giffnock from the past.
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It was really interesting to see how land was used back in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Giffnock was a thriving farming and agricultural town with a sandstone quarry; producing sandstone for around the world.
We particularly enjoyed looking at old-fashioned handwriting on the old census’ and pictures on the iPads.