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On Tuesday 17th May 1910, considerable fear and panic swept through Blantyre when it became known that two young children had gone missing from the Village. A boy and girl, aged 10 and 12 years respectively created considerable commotion with large search parties sent out to look for them. As the day unfolded into Wednesday, […]
Wee snippet of history from 1967 next. As demolition contractors pulled down some of the prefabs in High Blantyre during Autumn 1967, a fire left behind by them caused concern for remaining residents. Contractors had been burning rubbish on the site but one day when they left, thick smoke started to invade nearby homes, prompting […]
Next a mystery about a Blantyre man, James Geddes. Aged 24, James was a passenger on the “American Forwarder” which departed the UK on 26th October 1955. His niece, Helen Brandon recently contacted me provided this passenger list which is the subject of the mystery. James, who was born in December 1931, and single at […]
‘The Cairns’, is a large Edwardian sandstone villa, comprising of two semi detached homes situated on the western side of Station Road, not far from Blantyre Train Station. Built in two storeys, the desirable house features large bay windows and is contained in a low height stone garden wall amidst attractive surroundings. Missing from the […]
In June 1910, a sensational affair was reported to the Cambuslang police though this story happened on the border with Blantyre. A man named Henry Kelly (28) visited his parents at 71 Main Street, Cambuslang. As he missed the last Lanarkshire tramcar at Cambuslang for Hamilton, he started to walk back towards Blantyre. He reached […]
It’s hard to comprehend these days just how new and different motorcars were when they first appeared on public roads. By 1910, there were enough cars in Blantyre by those affluent enough to afford one, to form a small club. The Priory Motor Club set off on Sunday 26th June 1910 on their first outing […]
The Blantyre police had a busy night on Saturday 28th May 1910 with enquiries well into the Sunday following the death of a Blantyre miner. Thomas Robertson was that miner, aged 51 years, a father and husband who resided with his wife and family at 18 New Lands, at the Village, Low Blantyre. In connection […]