Next up is an old Blantyre advert, put into local newspapers on the run up to Christmas, but in 1904! It reads “Before purchasing your Xmas & New Year presents, you are invited to Inspect the Stock of William Izett, who has the largest assortment of Fancy Chocolate Boxes in Blantyre. See Windows” Three things […]
The monthly meeting of Blantyre School Board was held in the Parish Council chambers on Tuesday 10th January 1905. After the Chairman had welcomed everybody and commented on his hopes for a modern and successful 1905, matters turned to schools and their associated costs. The Chairman reported that the changes to Auchentibber School had now […]
In January 1905, a story circulated around Blantyre about a remarkable feat of endurance and bravery by Blantyre man, Charles Allan. Charles, a labourer who repaired chimney stacks, was sitting astride a chimney 60 foot from the ground with colleague worker, Andrew Messer. They were repairing the head of the chimney stack when Charles noticed […]
Two Blantyre miners went on a burglary spree , taking advantage of the dark Winter nights in January 1905, but like for almost all thieves, it wasn’t to end well for them. Charles McCulloch and Patrick Mullen of Stonefield arranged to meet at 3am on the morning of the last Sunday in January and their […]
Here’s a great story which I hope you haven’t heard before. On 31st January 1905, three Blantyre boys were playing in a hayshed in Stonefield, Blantyre. On that Winter Tuesday afternoon, Robert Murdoch (17), Alsworth Laing (12) and Alexander Laing (11) were keeping warm by playing inside, when the two younger boys should in fact […]
Ice cream merchant, Peter Lombardi of Blantyre found himself in Hamilton Sheriff Court at the end of February 1905, charged with installing a “lottery machine” on his premises at Glasgow Road. The “penny in a slot” machine contained a mechanical device where balls were freed within then caught by chance by small receptacles, something which […]
On Thursday 2nd March 1905, two small Blantyre boys stood in the dock at Hamilton Sheriff Court charged with pilfering in Blantyre. David Murdoch and Charles Dickson from Stonefield were charged with stealing a ‘Daily Record’ newspaper and 2 copies of ‘Chips’ Periodical from a parcel at Blantyre Railway Station. A Mr. Ritchie represented the […]