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James Brown was the Headmaster of Auchinraith School, who sadly lost his life fighting in WW1. Captain of the 6th Scottish Rifles, much was written of his, especially after it became known he rallied on the rest of his Blantyre soldiers, onwards, just before being hit. In 1915, William Park, one of the Blantyre soldiers […]
Next, a largely unknown, but horrific story from Summer 1915, which made National headline news. The scene is Hamilton Road, on the outskirts of Blantyre between Spittal (Bardykes Collieries 1 and 2) and Flemington (Dechmont Collieries 1 and 2). In the early hours of Friday 16th July 1915, blood curdling yells rang out in the […]
I recently told the story the other day of seventeen year old Hugh McNeil who drowned in the Clyde in Summer 1915. That Summer was hot and it may surprise you to know that another person drowned only the week before. Little Robert Shearer was only 9 years old in July 1915. His father was […]
About 6.30pm on the evening of Sunday 1st August 1915, a youth from Dixon’s Rows in Blantyre met with a tragic ending. Hugh McNeil (17) was a machineman and lived at 26 Dixon’s Street on Dixon’s Rows, (not far from where Priory Street is now). That summers evening, he decided to go swimming in the […]
How about this for a GREAT photo! The Milheugh Calder Falls at nighttime. The moonlight glistens off the white water. You can almost hear the roar. With thanks to Kevin Samson for sharing.
With thanks to Sheena Thomson who shared a DVD with her family memories from the 1960s. I’ve extracted some Blantyre snippets and put music to it and with permission show it here today. Amongst the scenes is playing in the garden at Coatshill and some indoor scenes of Hastie’s Farm, at Sheena’s own wedding, though […]
This is John Gilmour and Jessie Reid pictured in the 1940s. Airman John Gilmour , (based in Preston) was married to Jessie Hodson Reid of 3 Ulva Place on 6th October 1941. The couple tied the knot at Stonefield Parish Church as this certificate shows. Settling at Station Road, their marriage was ever so brief, […]
Hamish Dow has shared this great photo of Auchinraith School in 1953. These are all Blantyre children and I’m sure they’ll be fathers, brothers, uncles and grandfathers in this photo of many readers. I’ve zoomed in for a better look. Hamish told me, “ These are the pupils of Auchinraith Primary School. If this is […]
How about this for a great postcard?! It features the junction of Glasgow Road into Cowan Wilson Avenue looking over to Holmswood Avenue. I believe it was taken in the early 1960s given how new the houses look and how young the gardens look. A beautiful array of flowers in the raised bed at the […]
