Newspaper clipping

By way of being an update to the story of the Robert Bensons, I received today a copy of the microfilmed record from the Hamilton Advertiser.  Even though I have a good copy of the photo already, there’s something exciting about seeing it in situ.  Those Bensons got a good chunk of the page, by the looks of it.

I love the edges of the copy which give a glimpse into 1933 Hamilton. Did the Hamilton Old Parish Church Girls’ Association enjoy their visit to the works? It sounds a wee bit dull, to be honest – inspecting a ruling machine in operation?

And look at those Entertainments. Green’s Playhouse, Renfield Street, Europe’s largest cinema, where none but the best talking pictures are shown.  That week’s films included If I Had a Million which tells what happens to eight otherwise unconnected people when they are picked out of the phone book by a dying multimillionaire and each endowed with a million dollars. I wonder if anyone in my photo went to the pictures to see it?