Makes me feel sad. This is the demolition of the Blantyre Post Office on Glasgow Road, incredibly now 21 years ago! These sort of pictures may not have been interesting at the time, but seeing them 2 decades later invokes feelings of nostalgia. After the building was demolished, several Blantyre people were interested in acquiring […]
Andy Lynch shared this “Certificate of Merit”, which belonged to his mother, Ellen Frew. The certificate is dated 1941/42 and was given as an award at Calder Street Junior Secondary School. Things like this interest me immensely, like being able to know those awards were given out on the last day of term to […]
The totals are now in! November was a great month for book sales, (being the lead up to Christmas and when people start thinking of presents). Sales royalties amounted to a whopping £177, which was fully handed over to Blantyre Telegraph for distribution back to the community. Blantyre Telegraph fundraising has now ended for November […]
This photo may evoke memories for people on the page. At a time certainly when Christmas was simpler. It wasn’t about what you had, it was all about who you were with, where you were and making the most of that. Just one or two gifts were expected and warmly appreciated. Hanging cards from the […]
Perhaps Victorians were more fun than we all think!? A photo that didn’t make the sitting room mantlepiece. Looks like somebody was certainly in a good mood whilst awaiting to get their official photo taken. I love to see pictured like this, taken when “guard” was down, or exploring a more human side. Its a […]
David Livingstone Centre, 1977 Sometimes, a wonderful image or film crops up and this is certainly one of those times. Ladies and gentlemen, exclusively online here’s NINE full colour minutes of pure 1977 nostalgia! The occasion was when the Queen Mother visited Blantyre to open the newly built Africa Pavilion. This film from […]
How fantastic to see all the conifers now removed from the Dixon’s Memorial Obelisk in High Blantyre Cemetery AND new entrance, grass, chips and cordoned off area re-installed as it once was! The memorial now having a commanding view over to the common ground (the green space at the back right) where many of those […]
Another photo from the early 1990s. Can you remember Swiss Cottages, on Priestfield Street? I hope to write about these little cottages sometime next year as part of a more detailed look at High Blantyre. Meantime, what can you tell me about them?
 | Lindsay Paterson on Glasgow Road, 1925 |
 | Eric Flack on Soldiers at the Dookit, 1916 |
 | Archie simm on The Houldsworth Watch |
