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  • Nine Years of Perfect Attendance

    Every so often on Blantyre Project, articles, photos and information from different sources, collide to form a bigger, better picture of events and this is one such occasion. Taking an extract from the High Blantyre School Log, a report in…

  • Tramcar Line Extension, 1907

    On Monday 21st January 1907, Blantyre residents were delighted to see the extended tram line from Blantyre to Cambuslang open for use. For the first time, people could travel by electric tramcars beyond Priory Bridge, in the direction of Glasgow.…

  • Blantyre’s First Telephone

    With over 17,000 people currently living in Blantyre, it’s safe to say between the house landlines, business lines and mobile phones, there’s literally thousands of telephones in the town which we all now take for granted. I recently discovered what…

  • Spotted Fever in Blantyre, 1907

    In February 1907, a somewhat uneasy feeling began to manifest in Blantyre when it became known that two cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis or “spotted fever” had claimed the lives of two Blantyre residents. In one case, that of a boy,…

  • Ellen Duncan at Calderside

    Duncan Slater shared this photo, adding, “This is a picture taken in 1940 . My aunt Ellen (Duncan) lived at the row of houses at Calderside. She worked at a farm just up the road on the right. On the…

  • Age Dating the Old Tree

    I was a little sorry to recently see the old tree in the middle of the David Livingstone Playing Grounds had been felled. This must have happened in March or April 2022 and its willow-like appearance could be seen in…

  • Blantyre Hospital Repairs

    Did you know before the Blantyre Cottage Hospital on Bardykes Road, Blantyre had another Hospital at the end of Cemetery Road, High Blantyre. Photos of the former hospital are elusive, but this map from 1910 shows its location just off…

  • Are we Asleep?

    On 14th February 1907, Mr. John Dunlop wrote into the Hamilton Advertiser with a letter which contained not just complaint but lots of suggestions and foresight. John lived in Douglas Street in High Blantyre and was particularly concerned about the…

  • Goodbye Bob Soutter, 1907

    Pictured here at the door of the former Auchentibber Inn is barman Bob Soutter and Mr Wallace. Wallace was a miner and was a keen quoiting player, though I cannot presume he was a regular in the pub. Robert Soutter…

  • Opening the Morris Tube Range

    In February and March 1907, a Morris Tube Firing Range was erected at Low Blantyre at the bottom of the cul de sac, just off Glasgow Road, which was to become Logan Street. This was for the use of the…

  • Dead at the Lime Kiln

    About 7.30am on Wednesday 6th March 1907, the lifeless body of a man was found in the empty limestone kiln at Newfield, Auchentibber, High Blantyre. The body, which had the appearance of being a navvy or tramp was taken to…

  • Mary & the Dancing Shoes

    Mary Jane Thomson was a brass picker who used to live at Dixon’s Rows, Blantyre. In the middle of March 1907, she found herself in Hamilton Sheriff Court, charged with stealing a pair of ladies shoes from the Stonefield Masonic…

Nine Years of Perfect Attendance

paulveverka
May 16, 2022
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Every so often on Blantyre Project, articles, photos and information from different sources, collide to form a bigger, better picture of events and this is one such occasion. Taking an extract from the High Blantyre School Log, a report in the Hamilton Advertiser newspaper and a photo amidst my collection (which I’ve colourised), we’re able […]

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Tramcar Line Extension, 1907

paulveverka
May 15, 2022
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On Monday 21st January 1907, Blantyre residents were delighted to see the extended tram line from Blantyre to Cambuslang open for use. For the first time, people could travel by electric tramcars beyond Priory Bridge, in the direction of Glasgow. Extending the line into Cambuslang allowed the trams to connect to other tram networks and […]

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Blantyre’s First Telephone

paulveverka
May 14, 2022
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With over 17,000 people currently living in Blantyre, it’s safe to say between the house landlines, business lines and mobile phones, there’s literally thousands of telephones in the town which we all now take for granted. I recently discovered what looks possible as being the first ever telephone in Blantyre. In February 1907, at a […]

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Spotted Fever in Blantyre, 1907

paulveverka
May 13, 2022
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In February 1907, a somewhat uneasy feeling began to manifest in Blantyre when it became known that two cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis or “spotted fever” had claimed the lives of two Blantyre residents. In one case, that of a boy, aged 9 from Chamber’s Buildings on Glasgow Road, he was taken to the hospital in […]

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Ellen Duncan at Calderside

paulveverka
May 12, 2022
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Duncan Slater shared this photo, adding, “This is a picture taken in 1940 . My aunt Ellen (Duncan) lived at the row of houses at Calderside. She worked at a farm just up the road on the right. On the back of the pictures it states the date (1940) also taken at the farm.” Perhaps […]

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Age Dating the Old Tree

paulveverka
May 11, 2022
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I was a little sorry to recently see the old tree in the middle of the David Livingstone Playing Grounds had been felled. This must have happened in March or April 2022 and its willow-like appearance could be seen in many photographs over the decades. However, the tree was isolated, alone in the middle of […]

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Blantyre Hospital Repairs

paulveverka
May 10, 2022
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Did you know before the Blantyre Cottage Hospital on Bardykes Road, Blantyre had another Hospital at the end of Cemetery Road, High Blantyre. Photos of the former hospital are elusive, but this map from 1910 shows its location just off Victoria Street near what would now be the junction of Burnbrae Road. In November 1906, […]

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