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Sadly, and despite best efforts, I don’t know the names of this boy and girl, standing posing for the camera in a field. But they are amongst a collection of Blantyre photos taken between 1895 and 1915. So the photo serves simply as “eyes into the past” and an indication of the type of clothes […]
Alex Bowie once shared these two photos with me, which were simply marked, ‘George Cullen’. Determined to know more, I’ve now been able to add accurate detail. Whilst the Cullen Surname was present in Blantyre in the last 19th Century, it wasn’t until the turn of the 20th Century that we see George Cullen in […]
Stephen Rhodes has shared these photos of his family and gave an insight into his Blantyre ancestry. He told me recently, “These are photographs from the 1900’s of my Great Grandparents, David and Marion Rhodes who lived in 65 Craig Street, Blantyre. The Family photo of David and Marion with their eleven children was taken […]
Like many of his generation, world war two took its toll on the playing careers of footballers. Danny McKerrell, a Blantyre man had enjoyed decades of success and was in the RAF serving in North Africa and Italy. Pictured here in 1950, the former East Fife and Hamilton Accies left winger had become coach to […]
During the 1950’s the junior football game was truly at its peak with thousands descending on matches across the country week in, week out. This was the era when ‘Blantyre’s greatest team’ shone. After a successful few years during and following the Second World War, the Vics were still hungry for the greatest prize in […]
The 1970’s was a time when the Vics shone again and truly re-affirmed their status as one of the most successful junior clubs in the country. The decade began with a bang as 44,000 spectators packed into Hampden Park to watch Blantyre and Penicuik 1 – 1 in the Scottish Junior Cup Final. In the replay, a week […]
Pictured here in 1935 or 1936 outside the door of 30 Hunthill Road, is baby Thomas Hay. This is across the road from the primary school on the opposite side and looks down Hunthill Road with the former railway bridge near the top of Stonefield Crescent. Thomas was born in 1935. The Hay family were […]
Warning, This story has content that some people may find upsetting. In March 1914, Miss Jeannie Stratton came out her farm home at Mavis Mill, on the boundary of Blantyre and Cambuslang and met a horrific sight. That first Sunday of March, under the root of a large tree on the riverbank of the Calder, […]
Alice McConachie shared this brilliant photo of children enjoying the Queen’s Coronation at a part in 1953. It was taken at the bottom of Priory Street, Blantyre. Alice told me, “My mum Alice Wright (nee Maxwell) is the lady on the right hand side. My brother James Wright is in the second back row on the right […]