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A story appeared in newspapers in May 1911 which relates to a marching band incident in Cambuslang. It told: “The other day, lively scenes were witnessed in Cambuslang when a flute band from Blantyre played along the main street of the town which was crowded. When the band reached the Congregational Church, cars were impeded […]
This story takes place on the night of Monday 5th February 1912 and is about an alleged highway robbery! This prompted a lot of investigation by the police as they tried to uncover the facts. It begins with Blantyre man William Blake (20) who lived at Lamonds Buildings in Springwell, Blantyre. William had been at […]
A story of a former Blantyre gang next. Going back to 1912 and on Thursday 4th April that year, 12 young Blantyre men found themselves standing in the dock at Hamilton Sheriff Court. The trial proceedings were complex and lasted from 1.30pm until close to midnight. The charge? Taking a leading part in a serious […]
A shop was completely wrecked on Glasgow Road on Saturday 26th October 1912, after a football result didn’t go the way a fan thought. On that particular evening, a rather merry Hutchison McKinnon, a Blantyre miner entered the grocers shop on Glasgow Road and started a conversation with some boys about the days football results. […]
At the end of July 1913, five young Blantyre miners found themselves in hot water standing in the dock at Hamilton Sheriff Court. They were charged with trespassing on the railway siding beside the Auchinraith Signal Cabin belonging to the North British Railway Company on 25th June that year. Their plea was guilty, explaining that […]
“Slips” were the discussion point in Hamilton Sheriff Court in August 1913. Slips of the betting kind, and slips of the tongue saying one thing but meaning another. As amusing story follows…. A Blantyre man found himself in the dock on the first Wednesday that month, accused of betting illegally in the street. That wasn’t […]
On Friday 24th October 1913, The Bellshill Division of the County Fire Brigade attended a serious outbreak of fire at High Blantyre. The location was at High Blantyre near Dalton junction on the road back down to Newton. On fire was an enormous stack of telegraph poles which had been lying in a field. It […]