Are the polloks, really part of this, I do have certs, that cover a couple of the rich ones, in eaglesham, this is right next to mearns, they all used to walk, to school, across the fields.
the poem covers, the parting of the Gilmours, and Polloks over the Allan Gilmour feeling ,the polloks had, built a mansion,at Broom, out of business funds, and not, shared, the ownership. They were the best of friends, they would live with each other in the early years, after one of their many voyages, one would return to live with the other.
Then the Polloks secretly built this mansion, and they fell out.So the property had to be valued, and worked out who did actually own it. that was what the poem was about. a tongue in cheek view from the locals.
I still haven't worked out which families really count, here.
I have stuff on the Hamiltons, not much but, I feel from the little I read, in the last postings you know more than I!.
regards
kenjo
