Julie Scarrott messaged me recently, commenting, ” I noticed that John Hunt Stirling is not listed on the WW1 Blantyre Memorial.” John Hunt Stirling was born in Mossgiel, Blantyre on 10th November 1894 to John Stirling and his wife Nancy [ nee Hunt ]. He joined the London Scottish Regiment and later the Royal Field […]
A sad story was told in the Hamilton Sheriff Court on Wednesday 7th June 1905, when Jane Mitchell or Dickson, wife of a Blantyre miner, residing at Craighead Rows, was charged with neglecting her four months old child. The woman was sent to prison for six months in September the previous year, and while she […]
Pictured here are the Poor Clare nuns of Blantyre. These are the original five nuns who travelled from Cork, Ireland on an overnight trip and settled at Thornhill, Blantyre. From left to right they are Sister Terese, Sister Jarlath, Mother Columba, Sister Paschal and Sister Veronica. Pictured here in 1956, a few years after they […]
Apologies for the rather dark photograph in this article but it was the only one I could find of local man, Mr James Brown Junior. James was the President of Blantyre Bowling Club, (certainly in season 1905/06) and was until then the youngest ever President, enjoying a similar popularity and respect of any of his […]
During October 1905, at a meeting of Blantyre School Board, a rather amusing anecdote about the late William Small was heard. As the Board members fondly remembered Mr Small, one told a story which had never previously been circulated and was perfectly described here. Mr Small had been a man of many interests. This man, […]
Apologies right away for the rather vague post today. This photo was amongst the collection of Blantyre Photographer David Ritchie and shows two ladies in the woodland. There is a very good chance, these women were Blantyre ladies given the collection of photos, but unfortunately, I don’t think we’ll ever know who they were. There’s […]
In recent weeks, my fellow history enthusiast colleagues and I have been trying to work out the numbering system of the homes within Shuttle Row. Trying to work out which house number David Livingstone’s Birthplace was in, rather than simply saying ‘Shuttle Row’. There is a multitude of information available in census and valuation records, […]