Hi Madeleine What a great memory you have! Yes, please send the attachment - "my" George HALLIDAY was listed as "joiner and timber merchant Kame Saw Mill, Bute" when he married Janet Shaw MENZIES on 19 April 1870. His father was Malcolm HALLIDAY (married Janet McCallum 6 February 1840) and his Uncle was George HALLIDAY (married Mary CAMPBELL 12 July 1851) --- Malcolm died January 1867 and George Sr died in October 1860 ....... George Jr died in March 1915! Janelle Canberra, Australia [email protected] Researching Davie, Halliday, Barr, Taylor, Menzies Hi Janelle, I'm pasting below a copy of a message I'm sending to the Bute mailing list. Note the reference to the name HALLIDAY. This image is of a postcard circa 1904 that I bought a month or so ago. Let me know if you want me to send it to you as a attachment, Regards Madeleine Those of you who took up the offer of a scanned image of Port Banntyne sawmill might be interested to know I have found out a bit more about the mill, thanks to the generous help of Bute Museum. I think this might be the Kames saw mill that Janelle was asking about a while ago. The exact date of the building of the original mill is not know but there is a reference to it in 1693. It was quite a prosperous lint mill. At one time flax was grown on the island. It was steeped in pools, beaten and hackled at the mill, with the spinning being done in workers' houses. When the trade declined the owner of the Kames estate converted it into a sawmill, circa 1860. George HALLIDAY was the first tenant. It ceased to operate, probably in the 1920s. The wheel was in place up until about 1940. The cottage has been a private house for many years. It is about a quarter of a mile from Kames Castle, on the road to Rhubodach. Madeleine Wales