Partridge Nest at Blantyre Works
Some excitement occurred at Blantyre Works Village when a Partridge nest was spotted in a field near the River Clyde on 20th February 1846. The field belonged to Messrs […]
Upgrade 5: Introducing “Community”
I’m pleased to announce the most major upgrade of the Blantyre Project Website to date! Introducing Blantyre Project “Community“, a brand new FREE bespoke Social Network, embedded into the heart […]
Website Upgrade 4: Unread Posts & Video
This morning, 2 further upgrades to the website have been activated. Unread Posts: From today, you’ll now see an ‘orange dot’ to the left of the post title, against any of […]
1978 Springpark in Auchentibber
An absolutely beautiful photo of “Springpark”, an old house in Auchentibber, which still exists today. Photographed here in a prime condition in 1978. (was that really 40 years ago!?) […]
Murder by Cobblestone
On Friday 26th August 1836, two males who were employed at Blantyre to cart some stones and rubbish ended up in a quarrel. The row was over some trifling […]
Website Upgrade 3: Q&A
Another great upgrade has been completed here on the site. Due to the popularity of the FREE ancestry service I offer here, the way REQUESTS are now logged has been […]
Website Upgrade 2: Domain Migration
I’ve now removed ALL of the long winded, lengthy blantyreproject.wordpress.com domain links from the main Blantyre Project website, replacing them all with simply www.blantyreproject.com All links on all 4,325 stories […]
Attack at Binning’s Changing House
As you’ll probably be aware, I like to provide good detail on the old, old history of Blantyre. 19th Century stories about people, buildings and places, now long forgotten. […]
1975 Old Parish Church
Another photo from 43 years ago in 1975. It is of course instantly recognisable as High Blantyre Old Parish Church, a year or so before Rev Jonathan Silcox arrived. […]