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This cheeky cartoon appeared in the Hamilton Advertiser in December 1967. Now, I need to put it in context first. The previous week, the Advertiser ran a story about the McGuire Twin Brothers who had left Blantyre in 1952 for Canada and had since taken up jobs as scuba divers. Their lifestyle was a far […]
Nothing to see here. Move on! Just the massive Livingstone and Lion statue on the back of a lorry driving up the motorway to Scotland. lol. This was very early 2004 and is a still from a video very kindly shared to Blantyre Project Jim Walker. Jim was in Ireland to document the manufacturer’s finishing […]
In the statistical Account published in 1841, the article on Blantyre was work of Rev William Patrick, Hamilton and Mr. George Miller of Blantyre Works. On antiquities, the authors said, “Urns have been dug up at different times in several part of [Blantyre] Parish and some were found in a large heap of stones. In […]
In 1939, the farmer at Coatshill Farm, Blantyre ploughing the then empty fields found something of interest which proved as old as Christ himself! The 2000 year old discovery was found in what is now the garden of 11 Bellairs Place, Coatshill. A very detailed description of a Stone Cist (or coffin) and Bronze age […]
It’s been one of those truly bizarre weeks in Blantyre! Don’t know where to start with this. Whether it was the piper out in the Village, the escaped cows running ‘amock’ down Bardykes Road or ‘Deadpool’ superhero photographed going about his superhero business on Stonefield Road! It happened, so it now Blantyre history, but for […]
A brand new concept was the subject of a presentation on Wednesday 12th October 1910 at the High Blantyre Women’s Guild. The subject that evening at 8pm was “Aviation” a relatively new industry, which was presented to the ladies by an expert lecturer and illustrated on screen by lime light views. The Guild opened the […]
A kind Blantyre Project reader, Henrik bought this watch several years ago on eBay and has shared the pictures here. Wanting to know more he googled it and ended up on Blantyre Project website. The watch was presented to schoolboy Robert Laird, for 5 years perfect attendance at Low Blantyre School. (Ness’s School at the […]