Members of the ‘David Livingstone Club’, gave a concert in the Hall of the David Livingstone Church on the evening of Wednesday 2nd April, 1930. The concert was in aid of raising funds for the church. I have no information about when the club formed or stopped, nor do I know anybody in this 92 […]
On Tuesday 18th March 1930, “The Women’s Guild of Empire” held a rally in the Co-Operative Hall at Herbertson Street, Blantyre with a large number of people from all over Lanarkshire attending. Mrs Flora Drummond (right) well-known British suffragette and founder of the National movement is pictured with the platform party that evening and their […]
On Saturday 3rd May 1930, as Summer commenced, Blantyre residents acted out various scenes of Explorer David Livingstone’s life in the grounds of the newly opened Scottish Memorial to David Livingstone, Blantyre. The eight tableaux featured in the museum also acted as topics for each scene, with some quality acting on display for visitors. The […]
Hoping readers may recognise parents and grandparents amongst these two pictures. Both are from 1930 and feature Masonic Lodge Livingstone No 599. The photo with the 3 men at the front was the Annual Social and Dance, which was held on 21st March at Stonefield Freemasons Hall. The other photo with the men and women […]
I’ve not got many notes on Blantyre British Legion, but this photo is certainly members of the Blantyre branch who held a whist drive and dance in the Miners Welfare Hall on 21st March 1930. I know they existed as early as 1923 and suspect they formed long before that. Similarly, I’m not sure if […]
Amongst some of the first visitors to the newly opened National Memorial to David Livingstone in 1929, were several important visitors from Africa. Amongst them, Chief Tshekdi Khama of Serewe, Bechunaland Protectorate (second from the left) took time to come to Blantyre and see the memorial first hand, making sure he also visited the new […]
In 1929, members of the former Blantyre Parish Council met once again to be photographed. The men (and a woman) were photographed outside the Council Chambers at High Blantyre. Blantyre Parish Council formed in 1895 and they succeeded a much earlier form of the organisation, in the form of Blantyre Parochial Board. Both the Parochial Board […]