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This photo dating from the 1910’s shows a barman outside the former Auchentibber Inn. Taken in the Auchentibber Quoiting Ground ‘Italian Gardens’ this is close to where the Auchentibber War Memorial is today. The foliage suggests 1910’s, perhaps within the first decade of the gardens being established. I know of three barmen at the Auchentibber […]
Well done to my good friend, George Park who today has kindly restored Mary Crowe’s old photo back to a better condition, removing the scratches and making other enhancements. Quite the talent and lovely to see such kindness between people who don’t know each other.
This previously unseen photo is again from the collection of David Ritchie’s photographs of the turn of the 20th Century. The High Blantyre photographer captured a lot of buildings, scenes and people in these amazingly, clear and expressive photos. This girl is certainly looking “pensive”, perhaps through having to keep the same expression for so […]
About 5.30pm on Monday 28th August 1916, some boys were amusing themselves on the banks of the river Clyde, near the dam at Low Blantyre. It was still light, a warm evening and the children were playing at the riverside. It had been particularly rainy for the few days previous so it was a welcome […]
In September 1916, Mr David Gilmour of the Lanarkshire Miner’s Union spoke at meetings of the poor accommodation miners had throughout Scotland and the lack of sanitary conveniences. Families of 7 or 8 people still shared the one apartment and a shocking statistic showed that many births and deaths happened in that one, same room. […]
What a wonderful previously unseen photo this is. Clearly staged with more than a hint of Victorian fashions and style, I believe this was taken in 1896 or 1897 by photographer David Ritchie. The image is scanned from negative plates, providing exceptional detail. I think it is the Burns family, who briefly lived at Caldergrove […]
Here’s an interesting wee story. On Saturday 30th September 1916, Mr Robert McKenzie of 56 Hall Street, Dixon’s Rows walked into a licensed Blantyre grocers not knowing that he was being watched. That evening, outside Alexander McCluskey’s licensed grocers shop were two policemen watching carefully who was going in. Inspector John Syme and Detective Sergeant […]
Wednesday 11th October 1916 was the date of a horrific accident, which claimed the life of a Blantyre lady. Mrs Catherine McDade (nee Dennis) was the fifty year old wife of Patrick McDade, a miner. Catherine had been busy at home at 151 Main Street, High Blantyre, an address which at that time was closer […]