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On Saturday 26th August 1916, a large ‘Char-a-banc’ left High Blantyre for a summer’s excursion to Dumfries. It was to be a day out for 40 Blantyre miners, a brief respite from hard work, a trip overground, partly funded by Employers. However, it did not go quite to plan. A Char-a Banc is an early […]
In September 1916, an anonymous volunteer involved in the rescue and recovery of people in difficulties in the River Clyde was concerned about the frequency of drownings in the Village. He wrote to the papers making an appeal, as follows word for word: “As I was one of the voluntary rescue party the recent drowning […]
A good story for 23rd December. Many years ago on Saturday 23rd December 1916, a football match was planned between Blantyre Vics and Croy Celtic. However, following a spell of rain during that wartime weekend, Blantyre Vics took the decision that morning to cancel the game on account of the playing field at Castle Park […]
A story now almost 103 years ago to the day. As was customary, the children of the Stonefield Parish Church Sunday School would often hold their annual Christmas concert, a couple of days before Christmas Day. In 1916, that fell on Saturday 23rd December and children of that sabbath school were invited along that afternoon […]
During February 1917, a very large number of people were transferring their savings at the post office into war bonds in aid of the war loan. Miss Stewart at the Blantyre Post Office and her assistants were kept extremely busy, forced to keep open the post office until late hours for much of that month. […]
On behalf of the following of this page, I went up to Auchentibber Memorial today and quietly placed a Blantyre Project ‘living poppy wreath’. It sits alongside the Auchentibber & Calderside Resident’s wreath. The Memorial is looking majestic after being renovated last year. The newly planted weeping willow, flourishing. Behind it, the outline of the […]
Many of us remember a time when floats featured in gala parades. It’s something which doesn’t happen much at all now in Blantyre, yet is still flourishing in other parts of Lanarkshire. In Summer 1967, Mr George Greenhorn, President of the YMCA felt it necessary to address complaints from members of the public who took […]
It’s Gala Day in Blantyre so we need a fitting post today. The annual children’s gala day hosted by Blantyre Co-operative Society (Ltd.) was held on Saturday 31st July 1917. The weather was ideal for such event and war in Europe did not hamper attendance to any great extent. Close on 7000 people most of […]
During WW1, a fete was held at Stonefield, at the large Curling pond, just off John Street. The location of this former curling pond is now where the fields are in the public park, where the modern summer gala is normally held. In Summer months, when the green was not frozen over, it was used […]