Village & Low Blantyre 1920s

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1920 – The start of the depression and a decade where many local people left for America & Canada to seek their fortunes.

1920 Craighead Viaduct

1920s Painting by HT Rankine

1920 Shuttle Row – Birthplace of David Livingstone

1920s Painting by HT Rankine

1920 Craighead Viaduct from Blantyre. by G Cook

c1920 Waterloo Row. The Dolan’s lived in the end house gable facing.

1920 Pey Brig

Pey Brig, Blantyre Works c1920s

1921 – Shuttle Row

1921 or 1922 Horse and Cart at Shuttle Row (PV)

1921 Jim Higgins (boxer) in Blantyre Picture House

1922 – Gate Cottage

1922 Gate Cottage and Martha Reid

1977 21st April

1923 – Shuttle Row before it became the museum

1923 Shuttle Row needing attention. PV

1924 – To be Uploaded soon
1925 – Cross Row, Fore Row, Waterloo Row. Back of Wages House.

1920s Back of Wages Office, Blantyre Works

1925 Blantyre Works Cemetery

1920s Shuttle Row before renovation

1926 – Shuttle Row, before the renovation

1926 Shuttle Row before renovation

1927 – Glasgow Road at John Street

1920s Bothwell from Blantyre

1927 Glasgow Road at John Street looking West

1928 – The David Livingstone Memorial Centre is renovated. Also pictured Victoria Street.

1928 Blantyre Works School

1928 Livingstone Centre renovated

1928 Birthplace of David Livingstone

1930 David Livingstone Memorial Centre

1928 David Livingstone Centre renovated

1928 Victoria Street (sent in by Moria Lees)

1929 – The opening of David Livingstone Centre.

Shuttle Row 1929 (PV)

Shuttle Row 1930s David Livingstone memorial Centre (PV)

1929 Duchess of York opens DLC

1929 Duchess of York opens DLC

1929 The Rose Garden at David Livingstone Memorial Centre. (PV)

1929 African Hut at David Livingstone Centre

1900s and 1929 Before and after renovation

1929 Shuttle Row, Livingstone Memorial

Shuttle Row 1930 David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre (PV)

1929 Shuttle Row

1929 Duchess of York opens DLC

Shuttle Row 1929 David Livingstone Memorial Centre. Shared by John Dorricot

1929 Opening day Livingstone Memorial (PV)

Shuttle Row 1929 Just before the opening of the centre (PV)

Shuttle Row colorised 1929

1929 Queen Mother opens David Livingstone Centre

1929 Final Days Blantyre Works School (PV)

1929 Shuttle Row ready to open as museum

Shuttle Row 1929 David Livingstone Centre

1929 opening David Livingstone centre (PV)

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