I’d like to say ‘Merry Christmas’ and thank you to over 15,000 people following this popular page who follow Blantyre Project articles so avidly here each day. I hope you’re all enjoying the history!
I’ll admit, I had another difficult year, well certainly the first half with a further two large invasive operations. However, Summer saw me turn a corner and I’ve been on a long slow path to recovery. I’m feeling better right now than I have done in several years and it’s been great get back on my feet in the second half of the year. I’ve definitely come through it! Blantyre Project has kept me sane. Keeping me motivated and focused and pulled me through personal, difficult times. NHS staff and the service they work in, is just wonderful.
How are YOU?! Hope you’ve had a good year. As always, I’ve learned plenty these last 12 months reading your comments and appreciate all your input, photos and interesting messages. With so much queued up to look at in my ‘spare time’, I can confidently say, I’ll be scheduling posts right through 2024.
Blantyre Project is approaching its thirteenth year of daily posts. That’s now a whopping quarter of my life faithfully writing up….. every single day about Blantyre! I hope it’s making a difference in getting history out to everybody. I’m extremely proud of that commitment and have some exciting things around the corner in 2024.
As the website expands further with daily content, I’m hoping to launch a children’s section, something for a younger audience and that schools can utilise. And something different…..you may recall, I’ve been writing my very first novel, something I’d started during the pandemic? It’s about an Irish family immigrating into Scotland during Victorian times. It’s not got too far to go and I’m confident and excited to be publishing that interesting story in 2024. Straight from my imagination!
I’ve SO enjoyed meeting so many new contacts this year, especially interesting new friendships I’ve struck up with people abroad. What a reach this page continues to have all over the world. Who would have thought this little town could attract SO much attention not just in Lanarkshire, but from further afield and from ex-pats all over the world!? It warms my heart to read messages every week from people interested in what’s being shown.
From Blantyre Project, (that’s me…Paul Veverka), no matter where you are in the world, I wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas. Peace, warmth and happiness to you all over the festive season.
