The Kippen Smiddy: and the life and work of Andrew Rennie sixth generation Kippen Blacksmith
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Kippen Heritage
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In the centre of the village near the Cross, the Smiddy sits at the top of Rennie’s Loan. This narrow-cobbled street was once Kippen’ s main road between Stirling and Dumbarton, which makes perfect sense for the site of a blacksmith’s workshop. The Smiddy was at the heart of village life and was owned by the Rennie family for at least six generations. Andrew Rennie, the last of that long line of smiths, was apprenticed to his father at the age of fourteen and he worked there until he donated it to the National Trust for Scotland in 1985, when he was in his 90’s.
Dewey class:
914.36
Language:
English
BRN:
3502732