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1781
Millhaugh – A time before David Dales Mills x3  
1785
David Dale’s Mills – History of David Dale & Millsx2  
Steps at Shuttle Row – Old steps to the mill x2
Blantyre Weir – The detailed history of the weir x4 
1792
Blantyre Village Mill Gate Posts – The Gated “Village works”x2  
1793
How Blantyre Mills nearly failed – Napoleonic Wars x1 
1799
Blantyre Works Cemetery – The History of the Cemetery x2
1800
Blantyre Lodge – Works Manager Mr Jolly’s House x2  
1804
Farewell Beloved Tiny – Remembering a pet dog on riversidex1 
1805
Mary Berry’s Journal – Part 1 x1 
Mary Berry’s Journal – Part 2 x1
Journal Observations – Part 3 x1
1807
Blantyre Weir Works – plans x2
1813
Birth – David Livingstone Life & Death x4
1814
Countermarked – silver reales token x2
New Lanark & Blantyre – Reales x3
1818
Dating Stone – from former tenement x2
1820
Blantyre Works – Field of Wheat
1821
Dye Works – burns down x1 
Blantyre Works Funeral Society – x1
1828
School for Mill Workers – Blantyre Works Village schoolx1
Fore Row – houses along Station Road x1
1836
Murder – by cobblestone x1 
Dr Livingstones Home – sketch x1
1838
Neil Livingstone’s – recommendation letter x1
Blantyre Dam Case – Salmon
1840
David Livingstone – a broken romance x1 
Livingstone Move to Hamilton – family move x1
New Buildings – Blantyre Works x1
1846
Partridge Nest – Blantyre Works x1 
1848
Cholera Outbreak at Blantyre  – Disease outbreak at the millsx1  
1849
The Dandy Railway Crossing – Photos by Alex Rocheadx4
An empty cradle – at Blantyre Village Works x1
1850
Execution of Archibald Hare – Glasgow x1
1851
Village Prank – goes wrong x1 
1852
The Mill Suspension Bridge – The Pey Brig is constructed x1
Livingstone Letter – to brother Robert x5
1853
Henry Monteith Tokens – for bridge x1
Suspension Bridge Tokens – x3
New Suspension Bridge – opening x1
1856
Early School Days – in Blantyre x1
Early School Days – punishments x1
Village Life – School, Spinning & Weaving x1
Remembering Livingstone Speech – Blantyre School
1857
Livingstone’s Homecoming – back to the Village x1 
1858
Excursion to Mausoleum – Hamilton x1
Blantyre Stores – Fire x1
1859
Rosebank, Rosebank Avenue – A grand home on exclusive avenuex2  
Woodburn House – A brief History x4 
Gable Gap at Shuttle Row – gap in the wall x10
Stealing from Village Gardens – mid 19th Century x1
Dye Works Fire – Blantyre Works x1
Water – and fire damages yarns x1
1860
Blantyre Mills 1860 – Part 1 of 2 x3
Blantyre Mills 1860 – Part 2 of 2 x3
Waitin yer turn – DLC Playpark x1
1862
Queen visits – Blantyre Station x7
1863
Gunpowder Explosion – Blantyre stores x1
1864
Dye Works burns down – again x1
Grassparks – for sale x1
1865
A Rash and Fatal Leap – Accident at Blantyre Works Villagex1
Horrible report proved false – about Livingstone death x1
Blantyre Ice Skating Club – River Clyde x1
1869
Bees at Blantyre Bridge – A home for the bees x1
1870
Blantyre Mills – painting by Neil Gordon in 1979 x1
1873
The Woodburn Fire – the first one x2 
Rare Diary – of Livingstone’s Death x2
Writing Slope – presented to Major Ness x1
1874
Notable funeral pass – card x1
1875
Girders at Blantyre Mills – stamped girder x1
Blantyre Works Mills – lantern slide x1
An Interesting Tour – Blantyre Mills x1
1880
Ramble by the River – A Victorian Accountx1
Inside Blantyre Works Mills – Look inside at Mill Machineryx1
Blantyre Works Engraving – A rubbing of the Village works engraving x1
Beautiful Blantyre works – Whitewashed and the grand building x3
Washing Green – at Waterloo Row x1
1881
Railway Accident – at Low Blantyre Station x1
1885
Back to Woodlea -return to the house x1
1887
Hidden Cave – on Bothwell side of river x1
1888
Closure of the dye works – imminent x1
1889
Blantyre Works Mills cease working – beginning of the end x18
1890
Blantyre Works Village School – A detailed history x1 
Naming Shuttle Row Women – 1890s x1
Washhouse in uproar – fracas at Shuttle Row x1
Blantyre Works – 1890s postcard x1
Blantyre Mills – colourised postcards x2
Blantyre Works Mills – scene x1
More Blantyre Works – illustration x1
Blantyre School – Village x1
Blantyre Works Mills – photo x1
Blantyre Works Mills – more photos x1
Dereliction at Blantyre Mills – photos x1
1891
McCormick Scandal – at Shuttle Row x1 
1892
Runaway locomotive – Blantyre x1
The Revolving Tree – 1892 x1
More light wanted – village x1
1893
Blantyre Works – calls to improve x1
Typhoid at Blantyre – village outbreak x2
Bringing Home the Cup – Vics x1
Another Police Tale – stolen shawl
New industry rumoured – laundry x1
Clyde freezes over – ice skating x1
1894
Mid Row – sweetie shop break in x1
Repairing the Mills – builders work x1
1895
Blantyre Works Lodge – A rare photo of the colonial looking house x1
David Livingstone coin – Commemorative coin x1
Shuttle Row – old scene x1
An impudent theft – railway station x1
Co-Op Van Fire – story x1
Ramble to Blantyre Village – x1
Sabbath School Outing – Strathaven x2
Blantyre Works Factory – roundup x1
1896
Good prospects – for Village x1
1897
Co-operative tokens and checks – concept to demise x1 
Shuttle Row – Photo of 14 people at Blantyre works x1 
Everyday life – at Shuttle Row x1
Queen Victoria Diamond Jubillee – Plaque at DLC x2
Bothwell Castle – postcard x1
Keep on Running – hare at Station
Unveiling the Livingstone Plaque – more x2
1898
Shuttle Row – Blantyre Works x1
Village Fruits – Description
Blantyre Music Festival – Blantyre Lodge x1
Porters Response – railway station
Dereliction of Blantyre Works – mills x1
1899
New Station – buildings constructed x1
Peaceful Village scene – Blantyre works x1
Ulva House, Rosebank Avenue x1
1900
Bow Legged Miner – at Village works x1
Blantyre Works Mill – Photo from riverbank x1
Shuttle Row – Photo at turn of century x1
Shuttle Row – woman standing at door x1
William Jolly at Blantyre Lodge – Blantyre works x1
Little Girl – at Shuttle Row x1
Boys Playing – at Shuttle Row x1
Water Pump – at Shuttle Row x2
Shuttle Row – Delivery x1
Improvements at Blantyre Works – Cemetery x1
Airdville – Blantyre Woodburn Avenue x1
Village Gardens & The Clyde – photo x1
Blantyre Works – River crossing x1
Fatal Accident – at suspension bridge x1
Great rainfall – Station Road
1902
Blantyre Wages Offices – Feeding hens x1
Clyde freezes over – boys fall into ice
Station Road – improvements
1903
Barrack Children Orphans – Story of exploited Mill orphansx1
Moving Day at Shuttle Row – A unique photo x1
Shuttle Row – windy washing day x1
Shuttle Row – Jaw Boxes x2
Bottom Rows – Mill and Houses x2
Blantyre Works Bell – at the Mill Building x4
Children – playing at Bottom Row x3
Powerloom Factory – pictured in 1903 x2
Shuttle Row – at Bottom Row x1
Blantyre Mills – before demolition x3
Derelict – Blantyre Mills x1
Starting to Demolish the Gas works – Blantyre Mills x2
Abandoned Blantyre Mills – photo x1
Ulva Place – Village x2
Blantyre Mills – derelict x3
Shuttle Row – postcard x1
Shuttle Row – rising damp x1
Arden Cottage – Rosebank Avenue x1
Sad Fatality – at Shuttle Row x1
1904
Blantyre Weir – great photo x1
Demolition of Blantyre Mills – photos x2
Demolition of Gas Works – at Blantyre Mills x2
Demolition of Gas Works – in colour x1
Weselmann Ring – Gold ring x1
The Cairns, 55-57 Station Road x1
Blantyre Works – mills postcard x1
1905
Blantyre Works Mills  – A photo of Mills before they fell into declinex1
Blantyre Village Works Mills – Photo by D Ritchie x1
Blantyre Wages offices – Village works x2
Mid or Middle Row – Blantyre Works x2
Hamilton Place – Blantyre Works x2
Burglary at Rosebank Avenue x1
Tragic River Discovery – baby x1
Shuttle Row – historic photo x1
1906
Life at Shuttle Row – Low Blantyre x1
More Life at Shuttle Row – Low Blantyre x1
Shuttle Row – Full postcard x1
Lads River Drama – at weir x1
1907
Lee Fall at Ulva Place – fatal accident x1
1908
Bad Boys – birched x1
Trail of Blood and Feathers – Shuttle Row
Bizarre Drowning Case – Blantyre x1
Fore Row – demolition fatality x2
1909
Challenging Assumption – Livingstone birthplace x1
Neglect at Shuttle Row – Cairns family x1
Tales of Livingstone – Mr Russells recollections x1
Map on the Wall – Africa map x1
1910
Station Road colourised – colour photo road leading to Station x2
Blantyre Works Mills – after demolition x2
Shuttle Row – Photo of Boys outside the house x1
Mid Row – Hamiltons Sweet Shop x1
Station Road – rural scene x1
Station Road – sleepy scene x2
Ruined Mills – The Village x1
Fatal Blow – at the Village x1
Village Children – went missing x1
Neglect at Shuttle Row – McGuigan x1
Savage Brutality – at Waterloo Row x1
1911
Visiting the Birthplace – shuttle row x1
1912
Blantyre Station – colourised postcard x1
1913
Double Drowning at the Mill – Double tragedy at River Clyde x1
Livingstone Centenary – celebration x1 
Shuttle Row – photo x1
Visiting Shuttle Row – Part 1 of 3 x1
Visiting Shuttle Row – Part 2 of 3 x1
Visiting Shuttle Row – Part 3 of 3 x1
Mrs Gilbert’s Room – Shuttle Row x1
Shuttle Row – Foresight x1
1914
Blantyre Lodge’s Belgian Refugees – A brief history x1 
Blantyre Lodge – Christmas Night x1
1915
Blantyre Works Mills – Photo by William Low x1 
Shuttle Row, Colourised – Photo by Jim MacGregor x1
Mid Row – valuation rolls x1
Mysterious Fire – Station Road x1
1916
Shuttle row falls into decline – 103 years after D Livingstone birthx1
Shuttle Row – steps x2
Rescue Workers Appeal – life saving equipment x1
1917
Remembering Thomas Todd – drowned x1
1918
Ward Girl’s Fatal Accident – Saw Dust Mill x1
1920
Scenic Beauty of the Pey Brig – Beautiful scenery at the Suspension Brigx1
Shuttle Row – scene of near dereliction x1
Shuttle Row – in a state x1
Shuttle Row – 1920s photo x1
Shuttle Row – from the Bothwell Side x1
1921
Shuttle Row – postcard from 1921 or 1922 x1
Trouble – over a billygoat x1
1923
Shuttle Row – A dilapidated scene x1
1924
Illegal Station Road still – forced upon owner x1 
Blantyre Lodge -further details x5
1925
Cross Rows, Blantyre Village works  – One of the quadrangle rowsx2
Back of the Wages House – Blantyre Works x1
Shuttle Row – back of building x1
Blantyre Railway Station – photo x1
1926
Arranging takeover – at Shuttle Row x1
Fundraising for Livingstone Memorial – generating monies x2
Rear of Shuttle Row – back of the building x1
Sentenced – for killing otter x1
Poison in the sugar – true tale x1 
David Livingstone Centre – initial proposals x1
Tenants of Livingstones Home – Mrs Storrie x1
1927
Ice Fatality on River Clyde – John Cook freezes to death x1
Danger Signal to deaf man – another report x1
Girl’s Threatening Letters – to local businesses x1
Football Hooliganism – running amock x1
Rangers v Celtic – Fundraiser for Shuttle Row renovation x1
Rosebank Avenue – Fire x1
Damage to Shuttle Row – crack x1
1928
End of Waterloo Row – How fire burned down 19 homesx1  
The Livingstone World Fountain  – A history of the fountainx1  
Founding David Livingstone Centre – The story of the memorial x1
Rector’s Outburst – from Station Road x1
Back from the dead -suddenly x1
Tree Planting – at Livingstone Memorial Centre x1
Ladies – at the Livingstone Centre x1
Back of Shuttle Row – photo x1
1929
Opening of David Livingstone Centre – Official openingx2  
Royal Visit to Livingstone’s Centre 1929 – Opening the Centre x1  
David Livingstone Centre – Beautiful photo just after openingx1  
David Livingstone Centre 1929 – shared by Sandra Leggate x1 
Blantyre’s Outdoor Concert Arena– The concert venue outside x3 
The Rose Garden – David Livingstone Centres gardens x1 
David Livingstone Centre – photo shared by J Dorricot x1
Rose Garden – Tap Waterpoint x1
Opening David Livingstone Centre – photos opening x6
Opening David Livingstone Centre – speech x1
Runaway Rail Tanker – at Village x2
Blantyre Lodge – a description x2
Opening David Livingstone Centre – description x1
Duchess of Yorks Schedule – before opening DLC x1
Livingstone Hut – African hut replica x2 
National Memorial to Livingstone – detail x1
Press day at David Livingstone memorial – before opening x3
Fell off the parapet – railway accident x1
Livingstone Memorial Preparations – arrangements x3
Final Days of Blantyre Works School – and Chapel x1
Livingstone Memorial – Misconception x1
Opening David Livingstone Centre – Photo x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre – Foreword x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre – Preface x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre -1 A Humble Start x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre – 2 Getting Underway x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre – 3a Next Steps x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre – 3b Fundraising x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre – 4 The Beginnings x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre – 5 Growth x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre – 6 Birthplace x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre – 7 Mural Paintings x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre – 8 Livingstone Gallery x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre – 8a Livingstone Gallery x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre – 9 Gathering Relics x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre – 10 Manuscripts & Spinning Jenny x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre – 11 Final Arrangements x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre – 12 Fulfilment x1
Story of the David Livingstone Centre – 13 Later Developments x1
David Livingstone Centre Opening – Programme x1
1930
Snowfall at David Livingstone – snowy winter scene x1 
The Shrine – David Livingstone Memorial x1 
Children at David Livingstone Centre – Post renovation x1 
Blantyre Wages Offices – Blantyre Mills Listed Building x3
Shuttle Row – 30 years apart x2
McQuarrie – Travellers tales x2
David Livingstone Centre – outing 1 x3
Blantyre Mills Postcard – around 1930 x1
Village Works Cemetery – Livingstone connections x2
Livingstone Spears – go missing x2
Livingstone Shawl and Case – donation x1
Shuttle Row – from Bothwell x1
Birthroom – David Livingstone Centre x1
Woodburn Avenue – 1930s x1
Colour Livingstone Centre – photo x1
Rare View – of Shuttle Row x1
Shuttle Row – 1930’s x2
Village Scene – from River x1
Village School/Chapel – photo x1
Livingstone Birthroom – photo x1
Suspension Bridge crossing the Clyde x1
The African Hut – African visitors x1
Livingstone Pageant – May x1
Livingstone Memorial– photo x1
1931
Waterloo Row Plateau – Flat area remaining after the fire x1 
Weir on River Clyde – Photo of Pey Brig & Village School x1
Girl drowned – and never found at the Clyde x1
Womans Strange theft – from Livingstone Centre x1
Three Blantyre Heroes – at River Clyde x1
Womans drowned in river – Village x1
Success of David Livingstone Centre – recorded x1
1932
Drowned – In sight of companions x1
Drowning – At Blantyre Weir x1
Popularity – of David Livingstone Centre x1
Livingstone – Shrine Windows x1 
1933
David Livingstone Centre – A packed playparkx2
David Livingstone Centre – crowds of people x1
Tribe buys exhibit for Memorial Centre – gifted x1
Woman falls from swings – at David Livingstone Centre x1
Wallace Place – Houses Built near Village, Low Blantyre x1
George Stewarts Fire – at Station Road x1
Flour Mill Fire at Blantyre Works – near Station Road x1
Gift of Factory Bell – to church x1
1934
Rifle Presented to Livingstone Centre – gifted x1
Blood Transfusion on dead Blantyre lady – Ulva Place x1
David Livingstone Centre Outing – photos x8 
1935
David Livingstone Birthroom – Shuttle Rows main attraction x1 
Livingstone Hut – tourist attraction at the centre x1
African Hut – in colour x1 
David Livingstone Centre – Photograph of Shuttle Row x1
World Fountain – Construction & Renovation x5
Description of the World Fountain – Livingstone Centre x1
Viewfield Blantyre man – sues the county x1
The Livingstone Pageant – Gala Day x1
Broadcast back to Africa – From Livingstone Centre x1
Queen Mother – at Shuttle Row x1
Livingstone Centre – nostalgic pic x1
The world Fountain – postcard x1
More World Fountain – another postcard x1
1936
Station Road Bungalow fire – Potsworth property x1
Douglas Semple of Gate Cottage – Blood poisoning x1 
Rotary Visit to David Livingstone Centre – Account x1
Livingstone Centre Wardens Surprise – a deer! x1
The Paddling Pool – at David Livingstone Centre x1
Formal opening of Lily Pond – at David Livingstone Centre x1
Livingstone Pageant – dropped x1
Street Telephone Nuisance – girls prank x1
Clydesdale Oil Works – Station Rd x1
Livingstone Memorial Fountain – photo x1
1937
Wood Flour Mill worker drowns – in the Works Lade x1
David Livingstone Centre – opening on Sabbath x1
View from Suspension Bridge – looking downstream x1
Station Road – Village x1 
1938
Blantyre Outdoor Concert – At Livingstone Auditorium x1
1939
Blantyre Works – and Shuttle Row x3
Busy David Livingstone Grounds – postcard x1
More photos – busy Livingstone Grounds x1
Wait your turn – men on the chute x1
1940
World Fountain – David Livingstone Centre x1
Memorial’s Millionth Visitor – to DLC x1
Wages Building – near Bridge x1
Livingstone Centre – trees  x1
Livingstone Centre – 1940s x1
Shuttle Row – 1940s x1
Shuttle Row – 1940s trees on slope x1
Outdoor Auditorium – colourised x2
1941
River Clyde – Pipebridge x1
1942
Looking to the Village – River view x1
1944
Record Glasgow Fair Visitors – Record number to centre x1 
Missionary Relics Stolen – Theft at David Livingstone Centrex1 
1946
World Fountain – at David Livingstone Centre x1 
1948
Park Lane and Clyde Street – Formation of those streetsx1  
Refuse at Station Road Prefabs – Council forgot to collect the binsx1  
1949
Train arrives in Blantyre – Steam train pulls into Low Blantyre x1  
If no a bridge a ferry boat – Centre crisis as visitor numbers drop x1  
Pussy cat trapped for 4 days – Viewfield Avenue Rescue story x1  
Last Bridgekeeper takes last penny – Pey Brig last worker x1
Excursion to Blantyre – by rail x1
Family gathering at Livingstone Memorial – photo x1
1950
Fire at Walkers Flour Mill – Blantyre works fire story x1
Blantyre Weir – Clyde runs dry x1
Ulva Hut Wedding – McGuire family x1
Bridge – Exploratory Works x2
David Livingstone Park – grounds x1
More David Livingstone Park – photos x2
Livingstone Centre – trees x1
African Hut – Rain shelter x1
Livingstone Postcard – split card x1
Village Aerial – by RAF x1
Tommy Morgan’s Shop – aerial photo x2
1951
Save the Livingstone Memorial – raising funds for renovation x1
Blantyre Village Gala – Photo x1
Rear of Shuttle Row – new wall x1
1952
Bridging the River Clyde – Why crossing spot was chosen x1
Opening the Suspension Bridge – The opening ceremony x1
David Livingstone – Memorial Bridge opening x1
Building the Livingstone Bridge – construction photo x1
Livingstone Memorial Bridge – photo x1
David Livingstone Memorial – bridge photo x1
Construction of David Livingstone – memorial Bridge x1 
1953
Village Children Celebrate Coronation – A local Celebrationx1
View of Blantyre Weir – from memorial Bridge x1
Livingstone Postcards – from gift shop x2
1954
Village Gala Day– Gala day Celebrations x1  
1955
Children of the Village Prefabs – Photos of Kids at the Prefabs x1  
Blantyre girls head to Elmwood – Walking to Schoolx2 
David Livingstone Centre – Aerial photo x1
View from the bridge – wages offices x2
Fotheringhams – at the Clyde x2
Clyde Street – Prefabs x4
Playing at the Clyde – River pals x1
Gord’s Photos – Village life x3
1958
Livingstone – dark gallery x1
The Dark Room – further article  x1
Shuttle Row – postcard x1
Shuttle Row  – 2nd postcard x1
1959
Village – Gate Houses x1
Blantyre Train – at the Village x1
Aerial photo – Livingstone Centre & grounds x1
1960
Tommy Morgans – sweet shop x2
David Livingstone Centre – photo x1
1962
Straw and Grazing – letters at Livingstone Centre x2
Sheep Grazing – photo at Livingstone Centre x1
Blantyre Weir – photo x1
Weaving Loom – David Livingstone Centre x1
1963
Two Millionth visitor to Centre– A celebration of visitor numbers x1
Tragedy on River Clyde – The sad story of accident of 4 boysx3
The rain shelter – Demolition at David Livingstone centre x2
David Livingstone Centre – shared by A Hastings x1
David Livingstone Memorial Bridge – shared by A Hastings x1
Brian Young – at prefabs at Clyde Crescent x4
Village Dominoes Team – photos x3
1965
Clyde Street Prefabs – Further homes built for Blantyre x1
Livingstone Gravestones – on floor in DLC x2
Livingstone Outing – church trip x1
1966
Livingstone Bridge – High Resolution Photo x1
Livingstone Bridge – further photo x1
1967
The Rose Garden Clock – David Livingstone Centre x1
Livingstone Film Shown – at centre x1
Relics on Display – David Livingstone Centre x1
Watch – Livingstone Relic x1
Week of Vandalism – crime spree x1
Signs of Necessary cash – DLC x1
Kaunda comes to Blantyre – DLC x2
1969
Blantyre Village Gala Day – Winnie Ewing & Andrew Cruickshank x2
Village Gala Day – Gala Queen x1
Bothwell Castle – now and then x2
1970
Cine Footage – David Livingstone Bridge sent in by Eoan Kerr x1
1971
World Fountain – Paterson children
1972
David Livingstone Centre – colour photos x2
Shuttle Row – David Livingstone Centre x1
1974
Railway Station – looking east x1
1975
The Counting House – mid 70s photo of Wages building x1
1977
Queen Mother Visits – Livingstone Centre x1
Queen mother visits – more at Livingstone Centre x1
Film – Queen Mother opens Africa Pavilions  x1
Wages Building – Prior to renovation x1
Tanker Accident – Livingstone Centre x1
Royal Roads Rumpus – Royal Visit x1
Queen Mother’s Visit – Part 2
Queen Mothers Visit – photo x1
President of Malawi – visits x1
1978
Memories of The Dark Room – shared by Arlene Greenx1
Temporary Work caravans – whilst renovations take place x1
Relics for the museum – David Livingstone Centre x1
Twins at the Miners Welfare Gala Day – at Livingstone Centre x1
Body found – near Station Road x1
Gala Day – Miners Welfare outing x1
Edna Healy – Visits Blantyre to DLC x2
Gill’s Lucky Escape – blantyre railway x1
Construction of Station – Railway x1
1979
Anderson Gardens – village homes and Stanley Court x1
New Exhibit – Africa Pavilions x1
Kenny Dalgleish – at Blantyre x1
Round Table – and guides x1
1980
Blantyre – Village Women x1
Its all Foreign to me – Bill Cunningham x1
Daly Gardens – new Village street x1
DlC African Visit – tour x1
Gala Day – August at DLC x2
Clyde Braes – off Station Road x4
1982
McLaughlin’s Buildings – Station Road x1
2nd Blantyre BBs – parade on Station Rd x7
Ness Drive – tree clearance x16
McLaughlins buildings – demolition x4
1983
Caught by the River – Ken McCluskey’s fishy tale x1
Nicholsons Building – Station Road x1
1985
Village Tenants – fete x1
1990
The World Fountain – Pictured in modern times x1
1994
The Village – Photo and Neil’s Painting x2
1999
David Livingstone Memorial Bridge – opening x1
David Livingstone Bridge – more on opening x2
David Livingstone – Aerial photo of centre x1
Demolition of David Livingstone Bridge – history x1
Shuttle Row – Aerial view x1
Bringing the bridge down – riverside view x1
Station Road – photo from the junction  x1
Station Road – a colourful scene x1
Station Road – more photos x3
Station – photos x3
Livingstone Bridge – Pulled down x1
Livingstone Bridge – in the water x1
Village Bar – Photo x1
Collapsing the Bridge – River Clyde x1
Aerial – David Livingstone Centre x1
Bridge Construction – photo by Neil Gordon x1
2000
Blantyre Railway Station Artwork – notes x1
David Livingstone Bridge – completed photo x1
Station Road – steps x1
2002
Queen Elizabeth – Golden Jubilee x1
2001
Planning for Blantyre Mill Flats – by River Clyde x2
2003
Constructing Station Carpark – RG Photos x6
2004
Livingstone and the Lion – statue by Gareth Knowles
Transporting the Livingstone Lion Statue – by Jim Walker
2005
The Police Station – more by Robert Stewart x1
2011
Copper Beech Tree – felled x2
2013
Seasonal Views of Blantyre Weir – shared by Andy Bain x2
Blantyre weir or is that deer – photo x1
2014
Blantyre Lodge Archeology dig – Opening up Blantyre Lodge againx6
David Livingstone Centre – by Andy Bain x7
Blantyre’s oldest tree –  a contender at David Livingstone Centrex2
Andy’s River Clyde Tunnel and Wall – A tunnel or culvertx4
2015
Himalyan Blue Poppies – Rare flower at Centre x1
Canadian Search – for Livingstone Graves x1
Springtime walk – at David Livingstone Centre x2
Himalayan Blue Poppies – At David Livingstone Centre x1
The Big Dig at – Madder Mill, Blantyre works x2
Doon the Clyde – wi Andy Bain x2
Livingstone Family Gravestones – at David Livingstone Centre x6
Gravestones –  Livingstone Family Members x3
Recording the Birthing Room – before DLC renovation x1
Letter opener find – at Madder Mill x5
Concept art for – Redesigned Livingstone Centre x4
Construction of Blantyre Mills – flats near bridge x2
David Livingstone Centre photos – shared by Andy Bain x4
Salmon at the Blantyre Weir – photo by Gerry Chambers x1 
September walk in the Village – by Andy Bain x1
The river Clyde -by Andy Bain x3
The 2015 Rain Shelter – at DLC x2
2016
Shuttle Row – to be stripped x1
Livingstone Walkway – graffiti x1
Livingstone Centre – planning x2
David Livingstone Bridge – and weir by drone x1  x1
Woodburn – post fire x1
Live at Livvies – by Blantyre Community Committee x12
Blantyre Gala Day –  David Livingstone Centre x46
The Village – comparison x1
The Village – another comparison x1
2017
Shuttle Row – Investigation panels x1
Live at Livvies 2 – Blantyre’s Music Festival x492
David Livingstone Centre – £6m funding announced x16 
Drone Footage – David Livingstone Centre 5th July 2017  x1
Death of Albino Otter – Blantyre otter succumbs to traffic x2
Woodburn House – demolished September x1
2018
Dark Room – lights go out x1
Happy Birthday – David Livingstone x2
Blantyre Weir – sunny photo x1
Posters at DLC – old Station Posters  x2
David Livingstone Centre – Transformation starts x3
Dark Room – secrets x1
Stained Glass – restoration x1
Lamppost at Livingstone Centre – LMS Blantyre x2
Mill ruins – near former suspension bridge location x9
2019
Livingstone Centre Progress – drone x1
Livingstone Centre – Progress update May x3
2020
Latest Livingstone Birthplace Progress photos x5
Blantyre’s New Playpark – David Livingstone Trust x2
Livingstone Gravestone Plaque -graves x3
Pey Bridge – suspension bridge piers and abutments x6
Ruins at the River Clyde – approaches to suspension bridge x6
Fish – at Blantyre Weir x1
2021
Spinning Jenny Renovation – David Livingstone Birthplace x1
Some lucky finds – detector work x1
New Signage before opening – photos x1
Announcing the opening – Livingstone Birthplace x1
David Livingstone Birthplace – Sneak Peek x1
New Playpark – opening Thursday x6
Livingstone’s Cafe – opening July x5
Shuttle Row – Comparison x2
Flying over the Village – photos x7
2022
Pey Bridge Supports – photos x4
Age Dating the old Tree – Livingstone Birthplace x1
Statue Renovation – parts replaced x1
Ice Cream Kiosk – new shop x1
Beautiful Grounds – David Livingstone Birthplace x4
Rain Shelter – Pagoda x3
David Livingstone Birthplace – grounds x1
2023
From Postcard to Painting – Birthplace x2
Magic Lantern – slide x2

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