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Staying with a theme of being inside Blantyre building, this next one needs no introduction. There was hardly a child in Blantyre who didn’t know what this room was….though this photo IS a little brighter than they may be used to. This is the Dark Viewing Gallery in the David Livingstone Centre. Pictured in 1958, […]
Douglas Hay sent in a message (a while back!) saying, “I would be grateful for any information about the school or the book. I found a book (Poems Of Tenyson) in a cupboard and on the front it says – Blantyre Parish School Board, Low Blantyre Public School, Special Prize Presented To Marion Forrest on […]
Blantyre Project reader Ian Weir was recently in Kelvin Grove Park in Glasgow when he noticed this statue. “Presented to his native city by John Stewart Kennedy – New York” John was a Blantyre boy, born in the Village in 1830 though he wasn’t in Blantyre for long. Sometime between 1833 and 1841 the family […]
Customers at Hastie’s Farm Licensed Restaurant got a nice surprise on Monday 30th October 1967. The restaurant and bar, just off Victoria Street was packed as normal on that Monday night as families socialised. In the corner in previous weeks was an empty space where the black and white TV had been for watching evening […]
There’s something a little spooky but still fascinating when somebody contacts you with photos of furniture once in your own home before you lived there! That happened to me this week when Jan Jackson shared these photos of wonderful furniture that once adorned Croftfoot, in High Blantyre. A tall grandfather clock, a Georgian writing Bureau […]
How quickly nature can reclaim things that are not maintained. Like for example the grasslands within an urban landscape. In Blantyre, like all towns in the UK, many of the grassy spaces have not been cut for months due to the Covid19 pandemic which closed the country down on 23rd March 2020. Now, nearing the […]
Look at this beastie! A friend of mine was alarmed when her child ran in screaming. This was the sight that confronted her! An unusual creature, winged with a strange body. It was still alive and though they trapped it in a large glass jar, it was released safely later that day. After some research […]
Have you seen the new additions at Greenhall Farm, High Blantyre?! Meet Poppy and Ellie! These beautiful alpacas are now settling into their new home. Remember! When Visiting the Shop or Cafe please don’t feed them. They will keep their distance until they get used to things.
Here’s something you don’t normally see in local parades nowadays. Floats! Pictured in 1981 are several floats for the gala that year. Current health and safety rules mean a whole new level of safety needs to be considered before floats are permitted (an end to dangling legs over large wheels!) The decline of floats […]