On Thursday, 12th May 1831, a grand procession took place in Hamilton. At an early hour, the various bodies from the surrounding villages began to arrive in Hamilton, preceded by bands of music, and with appropriate military flags and devices. The place of meeting was the South Haugh (Strathclyde Park area now?), the property of […]
This was just a section of the enormous crowd which gathered and lined up along Glasgow Road for the funeral of a popular Blantyre Priest in 1930. The camera looks toward the entrance of St Joseph’s Church and the funeral of Rev. Father Thomas O’Halloran which took place on the morning of Wednesday, 1st October […]
I posted yesterday showing the crowd attending the funeral of Auchinraith Colliery victims in 1930. This photo perhaps better demonstrates the scale of onlookers. Taken at the junction corner of Auchinraith Road and Craig Street, the crowds were immense. On Saturday 30th August 1930, a huge explosion occurred at Number 1 pit, Auchinrath colliery belonging […]
This sad scene was a very busy funeral cortege as Blantyre suffered another terrible mining tragedy in 1930. Six men lost their lives at Auchinraith Colliery on 30th August 1930 and a few days later the dead were buried. Mass crowds lined Auchinraith Road to pay their respects, of which those pictured represented just some […]
Continuing a detailed look at Blantyre news stories from 1905, this one had an explosive ending! On Monday 6th November 1905, George Rice, a Polish labourer was working at Dixons Pits in Blantyre. Part of his daily tasks was to fetch explosives for the miners, which he did by travelling to a Glasgow store and […]
Can you imagine how excited Blantyre residents would have been to hear Electricity was being arranged to power certain street lights, rather than having none or having lights requiring to be lit by gas. In 1905, the electric future could be seen “around the corner” as authorities announced the provision of electric cables to power […]
With South Lanarkshire only having one official registered street party for the Platinum Jubilee, official celebrations seem to be somewhat quieter than they were at the last Queen’s Jubilee. However, it hasn’t stopped many people celebrating in other ways. For example, some pubs, churches and organisations have public events on and all Lanarkshire Schools celebrated […]