Yesterday I posted about a ring that local man Andrew Wood found near Blantyre Works. Well, that’s really the tip of the iceberg! He’s actually recently found FOUR beautiful rings, all with his metal detector!! All were found around the Livingstone Birthplace, the riverside, and woods at former Blantyre Works. Andrew told me, “One silver […]
Blantyre Project reader, Andrew Wood sent in this message this week, adding, “Hi Paul. I found this ring in the woods next to David Livingstone Memorial Park. Inscribed with initials that I can’t make out and the surname weselmann 24 /12/1904. Is that a Blantyre name?” Well, what a great find and one which presented […]
I’ve been sent this photo earlier this week asking “what is it?” It was found in the field at Fin Me Oot (Caldervale) and looks be be made of timber and iron. I would hazard a guess that with the timbers laid out in a grid format, they acted as a base for something heavier […]
This nice looking barometer photo was shared by reader Jan Jackson. Jan, who lives in England told me this barometer has an inscription which reads “Presented to Mr Jas. Jackson by the Blantyre Bowling Club on the occasion of his Marriage 2nd June 1887.” A fine wedding present to a respected member of the Bowling […]
Going back again to John Thompson’s 1832 Atlas Map of Scotland and staying with Blantyre Parish. Here’s another old Blantyre name, no longer there anymore. “Turnwheel” was situated right at the north end of the Parish at its boundary with Cambuslang Parish and exactly where the Rotten Calder met with the River Clyde. Not far […]
This drawing dates from around 1900 or so and reflects a depiction of the earliest tram on the Hamilton Network. Titled ,”Workmen’s Car” this is part of the Hamilton, Motherwell & Wishaw Tramway Company, an early open top design which also had the driver exposed to the elements. As the years progressed, trams became more […]
The incredible old Spinning Jenny, once part of the David Livingtstone Centre has undergone a remarkable transformation. Dismantled carefully, renovated and now rebuilt inside the new, rebranded David Livingstone Birthplace, this promises to be a wonderful display showing the equipment a young David Livingstone worked on. This extract of the most recent David Livingstone Birthplace […]