Posters at DLC
Local lady, Paula Stewart noticed these posters in June 2018 hanging up in the windows at the Africa Pavilions at David Livingstone Centre. The artist appears to be ‘Ivan Polley’ noted […]
Category Archives: Blantyre Oddities
Co-op Metal Token
In May 2018, Gordon Cook showed me something of interest that he had acquired. It was a metal Co-op token, perhaps preceding the more commonly known Bakelite ones. Although in […]
Water & Fire Damaged Yarns
I recently posted about the Dye Works Fire in 1859 which burned down the yarn ‘drying out’ factory at the Madder Mill, Blantyre Works on the Clyde. In September that […]
Cure of 3 Year Cough, 1858
These days, we take medicine for granted when it comes to curing simple ailments like a cold or a cough. But, in the 19th Century when remedies weren’t so […]
200 Lantern Views of Blantyre
The Hamilton Herald and Lanarkshire Weekly Newspaper on Friday 23rd September 1892 page 4 raised the possibility of an interesting mystery in Blantyre. It said, “ILLUSTRATED LECTURE OF BLANTYRE – […]
Partridge Nest at Blantyre Works
Some excitement occurred at Blantyre Works Village when a Partridge nest was spotted in a field near the River Clyde on 20th February 1846. The field belonged to Messrs […]
Butcher Bird in Blantyre
Seeing a great grey shrike on top of a bush or small tree is the highlight of a day’s bird watching in late autumn and winter. These pearly-grey and […]
2018 Spoon find at the Cawther
Blantyre Project reader Gerry, his father and son were looking in the Calder for anything interesting and at the end of their search found this, on 2nd April 2018. […]
Blantyre Postcards
At the end of 2017, a parcel arrived in the mail marked for my attention. Inside was a gift from Karen Scott, an EK photographer who has created these […]