Janet Neill’s Travel Visa
James Brown of Calderside House, High Blantyre shared these images, adding, “This is the mid 20th Century travel permit of Janet Neill, my grandmother. She was born in Auchentibber at Brownsland […]
Category Archives: Blantyre Documents
1852 Livingstone Letter to Robert
An interesting letter from David Livingstone to his brother Robert Livingstone, written in 1852. Its a rare insight of brotherly affection, asking to keep his younger brother “on the level” […]
‘Livingstone’ by Tim Jeal
Thanks to Patrick Irwin, who works at the garden at TACT Hall for this book on David Livingstone. The author being Tim Jeal. Now, this is a book unlike […]
Accounts for Blantyre Roads, 1859
Funding for Blantyre’s roads being repaired and upgraded has ALWAYS been a hot topic! Setting a budget and sticking to it was just as important in Victorian times as […]
George Paterson Coaches
An advert from the 1970s for George Paterson Coaches and Mini bus hire. Based at Allanshaw Industrial Estate, Hamilton, they also had a depot in Blantyre. George, a pleasant, […]
Calder Cabs
Can anybody tell me anything about Calder Cabs? This advert from 1967 states they were there at 27 Stonefield Road. Was this near the corner of Calder Street? Who ran […]
Renewed for next 10 years
I’ve renewed the www.blantyreproject.com domain for the next 10 years….meaning the Blantyre Project website will be permanently online at least until Summer 2028! I’ll renew it another 10 years then […]
Andrew Gilmour’s Bananas
Love this advert! It’s for Andrew Gilmour’s former shop on Glasgow Road from around the 1910s. The advert provides more information on “Bananas” perhaps seen rarely in local grocers even […]
1987 Highland Games Poster
My friend Alex Rochead showed me this photo, kindly sent to him from Sandy Wilkie. It is of course a poster for the much remembered, Blantyre Highland Games. A great […]