Low Blantyre Station certainly appears to have been a dangerous place at one time! I’ve recently posted stories about Elizabeth Hunter Wilson and William Smith falling between the platform and train and dying from injuries they received. On the morning of Tuesday 29th May 1917 (the actual day President John F Kennedy was born), 15 […]
Pictured here on the right hand side is former Blantyre lad, Robert Ritchie. Robert (Bob) Fleming Ritchie was born at home on 22nd April 1904 at School Lane in High Blantyre. His father was David Ritchie, a master joiner and his mother was Mary Ann Fleming. His parents had married in Strathaven in 1888. He […]
I was honoured to be invited along as guest speaker last Thursday evening at the High Blantyre Ladies Guild. Over 30 women were my ‘captivated audience’ on Thursday 14 November at the June Stewart Centre as I screened “Blantyre – Through the Decades 1899 to 2009“. Showing cine and photographs of Blantyre History from each […]
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By the morning of Day 2 of the Blantyre Pit Disaster, an emerging picture of the full scale of the tragedy was unfolding. On the morning of 23 October 1877, the Scotsman Newspaper issued a full page article, which we begin to explore here: “One of the most appalling colliery accidents that has ever happened […]
I don’t often post things so “modern”, but this photo of 1988 was worth sharing. If only to see former businesses like Capital, Lightbody’s , Coyles Opticians, Botterils and the Mehran Restaurant. Only Glen Travel stood the test of time here. Even in the 80′ though, boarded up shops could still be seen. Who remembers […]
How about these for a sorry picture! This is the east end of Glasgow Road. The last part of the Co-Op building came down in 1981 and with nearby tenements already demolished, this part of the town had literally become a wasteland. Pictured from the end of former Jackson Street, Glasgow Road cuts through the […]
Ok, so I’ve identified this photo as Kirkton Avenue in High Blantyre and know the date is 2006. But I’m puzzled what was going on at the right with the digger. Any ideas?