Two brothers-in-law named Andrew Clyde, miner, Netherfield Place, Blantyre, and Richard Murphy, miner, Glasgow Road, Blantyre, appeared before the Justices at Hamilton on Saturday 3rd March 1923, on charge of fighting. The Fiscal explained that the attention of the nearby police at Victoria Street had been drawn to a back field of Netherfield Place, where […]
On Tuesday 21st August 1923, the Blantyre police completed their investigation in connection with a drowning the previous week, in a tributary of the Clyde. Mrs. O’Brien, the wife of a miner who lived at Watson Street had disappeared from home on the Friday night. Police were of the opinion that there was no […]
Hope you’re enjoying some of these older stories this week. Here’s another from 1924, which has drama almost good enough to be made into a film! I hope it’s the first time you’ve heard this remarkable tale. It starts of in 1922 in a lodging house in Newcastle occupied by various hawkers. (travelling salespeople). […]
Here’s a remarkable story of a registered letter arriving in Blantyre in 1924, containing an inheritance legacy which fell into the wrong hands. It came up in Glasgow Sheriff Court on Monday 22nd September 1924 when a young married Blantyre woman named Elizabeth McPike or Stewart was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment. Prior to […]
In 1920’s Blantyre, there were TWO main gangs. Bigger rivals, rejoicing in names of ‘The Glad Eyes’ and ‘The Blue Tanks’. Both groups were comprised mostly of young men of Blantyre, and whenever a Glad Eye met a Blue Tank, a fight was inevitable! Plots were hatched on either side to attack certain opponents, […]
Warning: This story contains upsetting content. A terrible tragedy unfolded in 1924 which is retold here. Jenny Robinson was a Blantyre lady whom in December 1924 was living with her 25 year old brother Walter, in Scotstoun, Glasgow and his 4 year old daughter, Jenny’s neice. She was staying with Walter to help out […]
A remarkable case of juvenile precocity was heard in the Hamilton J.P. Court on Saturday 24th January 1925. Not yet nine years of age, a boy from Burnbank admitted the theft of tin of butter scotch from a confectioner’s shop at Glasgow Road in Low Blantyre. The wee eight year old boy incredibly had […]