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Some photos from Cath McInally’s album. I think these photos are dated from Millennium to around 2005 or so. Cathy is pictured being deservedly awarded community awards and there are some well known faces in there, including Cllr Handibode and current Cllr Bert Thomson. In the photo with the rosebowl presentation, members of High Blantyre […]
Following several catastrophic fires in Blantyre during 1978, the fire brigade formed an initiative to go round local schools, telling kids a bit more about what they do in the event of emergencies. This included approaching nursery schools to give youngsters a basic understanding of fire fighting. In September 1978, as these pictures show, the […]
Ellen Buchanan sent in this photo and said, “This is my Dad Jimmy (Feg) Lanaghan serving in WW2 1939-1945 x” Pictured around 1939, Jimmy was originally a coal miner before being called up for WW2. He was amongst the first groups of men to be called to fight. Jimmy and his wife, Isobel lived in miner’s terraced […]
Davy Thomson shared this lovely photo of his parents taken in the late 1940’s (recently colourised by ‘Scotland Colourised’). Davy asks, “Hi Paul,, can you get any info on when and where my mum and dad married? I was only 7 when they both passed, so I don’t have much info on them.” I can […]
Ivan Ledvinka was a doctor to many Blantyre people during the 1970’s – 1990’s though was perhaps more well known in Hamilton . A Graduate of Prague University, he and his wife moved to Scotland in the late 1960’s and he entered the medical profession as a doctor. In 1975, he corrected another doctor’s misdiagnosis […]
In 1880, Blantyre man, Gavin Laird made an error of judgement in taking his sweethearts down a local Pit. An unexpected way of showing attentions to the fair was illustrated by a case in the Sheriff Court on 20th March 1880. Gavin Laird was an Ostler on the Splint coal seam, No. 3. Pit, Blantyre […]
Bernard Kelly writes, “I’m doing my Family Tree and found out my Grandparents AND Great Grandparents came over from Ireland both were Farmers but worked in the mines. They lived in Coats Land, Cross Row, and Baird’s Row, Blantyre. My mother Nellie Kelly (nee McMonagle) also got married there with relatives by name of Doran […]
Hugh Kelly was born 27th June 1961 and enters the Blantyre history books as a notable boxer. At 5’ 9”, fighting in the featherweight/lightweight category, Hugh ‘Sugar’ Kelly made trained at Blantyre Miner’s Welfare and made his professional debut on 30th January 1984 winning on points against Mickey Lerwell at the Normandy Hotel, Glasgow. Several […]
From 1976 or 77, this photo shows lots of Blantyre families walking down Station Road towards the David Livingstone Centre to enjoy the summer gala. Stuart Bell, who shared the photo told me, “My dad, who’s walking at the side was a Committee man for Blantyre Miners Welfare and we used to leave from there!” […]