Hello Again Donnie Mac,
I have got a bit of history for you on Milton Cottage.
Built circa 1880, was owned by A E Pickard, a well known Glasgow entrepreneur/eccentric. He also owned the Queens Terrace, the backs of which are adjacent to Milton Cottage.
Your ancestors were probably the first tenants in Milton Cottage.
Mr Pickard sold the Houses in the Queens Terrace in the late 1950's (1958) to the tenants for £150. He sold Milton Cottage for £350 to a man called Willie Thompson, again, the current tenant at the time.
The house was sold again in the mid 60's to Miss Steel, a retired nursing sister who worked most of her life in then Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). She died in the late 1970's and the house was sold to a retired Royal Navy officer and his wife, then to Mr & Mrs Logue. The current occupant, I'm not sure of her name.
If you still want a photo or two, I'll take some when next home visiting my parents who still live opposite.
The cottage referred to by Alibally is 'Vulcan Cottage' which is next to Milton Cottage. I knew her gran well!
Hope this helps.
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