WE often reproduce photographs from the archives to show how much places or events have changed over the years. But it is also reassuring occasionally to show how some areas remain the same.

This is Eaglesham, the village to the south of Glasgow, in 1969, so nearly half a century ago, yet it is still easily identifiable.

Our less-than-verbose photographer merely wrote on the back “Snow in Eaglesham” but you can tell that this is the edge of the Orry, the common land in the centre of the village which gives Eaglesham the feel of being a proper village.

It was an Earl of Eglinton who fancied himself as a planner who designed the village around the Orry, and later generations worked hard to preserve the old buildings when they began to fall into disrepair. Their work was rewarded with Eaglesham being designated a conservation area in 1960.

The Eglinton Arms, which is still there and thriving, was a coaching inn where horse-drawn carriages took villagers into Glasgow.

You can get a First Bus double decker from Eaglesham into Glasgow although it lacks the charm, it has to be said, of the old equine-pulled transport.

There are now information plaques dotted around the Orry explaining the history of Eaglesham for those out having a stroll. Well worth a trip out on the double decker.