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A couple of receipts from none other than Walter Batters, the furnishing, ironmongers, china merchant and seedsman. These receipts were for items David McIntosh bought in 1971 and in 1980, the Batters family clearly still using the same receipt registers. Looking at the numbers 23001 and 16492, it is possible that this could mean Batters […]
Now, I have to admit people come to my door often in evenings and weekends with something Blantyre related. Often wanting me to hold on to things, I’ve quite a collection developing, worthy of a ‘wee museum’. The odd photograph, a certificate, an old newspaper, if it relates to Blantyre it’s of interest to me. […]
George Park recently shared these photos. He recently found this cook-book, published by Lanarkshire Education Department sometime after WW1. (reference to war time haggis). The book runs to 22 pages, has been scanned at 400dpi, and total file size is 92 meg. George’s mum was a sensational cook, and catered for RAF aircrew during WW2. Needless […]
David Reddiex shared this transcript of a letter from WW1. He told me, “I thought your readers may be interested in this type written letter from the trenches, in 1915. It depicts some of the brave tales of Auchentibber/Blantyre soldiers. My mother, Katherine , was a Strang and my father, James, was a Reddiex…both sadly […]
The newspaper clipping from June 1960 was shared by Sandy Wilkie to Blantyre Project. Sandy has been doing a bit of a clearout during lockdown and keeps unearthing some historical snippets. This is ‘Janet’ the last animal to pull a Wilkie horsedrawn milk cart! Janet was a 25 year old mare at the time who […]
On the 4th July 1872, a dispute arrived in court between the Blantyre estate of Bardykes and the opposing estate over the River Calder, of Caldergrove. The dispute centred around the river itself which formed the boundary between Blantyre and Cambuslang Parishes and clearly the matter couldn’t be resolved by neighbourly discussion. Safe to say […]
Stephen McCall recently shared this old style British Driving license. Who remembers these old license books? Do you still have one?
A little update with some exciting things planned here in 2020. As some close friends will know, I chose to take voluntary redundancy in early December 2019 having pursued and secured a brilliant, but demanding new job. (I always chase the largest construction projects in Scotland, and this one starts shortly. I can’t wait!) Separating […]
As you probably know by now, as Blantyre Telegraph, we’ve also been recording Blantyre’s contemporary news each day now for 9 years. Edition 11 (February) of our Blantyre Telegraph Monthly Magazine is out today! At a low price of just £1, all sales go entirely to local good causes. We retain nothing! Featuring some articles deliberately held […]