Tracy Mckeown has kindly shared all these photos of Blantyre People. Taken in pubs and clubs in the 60s and 70s, her parents are in several of them. However, help is needed to try to identify the rest of the people in them. Know anybody?
Shared here by Barry Watt, this dates back to 1978 or 1979. It’s High Blantyre Nursery school. Do you recognise any of the pupils, perhaps who were born in 1975 or so.
Continuing a little look or discussion about deliveries in Blantyre in previous years. This time the postal service. Archie Simm, who lives in America raised this recently saying, ‘I remember the postie delivering mail within about half an hour from day to day (I understand there’s still some predictability with the postie). The same can be […]
This great photo was recently shared by George Hay. Pictured, second from the left is butcher, Malcolm Dow (b1915) & Mina his wife, second from the right. The well known Blantyre couple are pictured with John & Hannah Hay & their friends. Malcolm and Mina lives at 222 Main Street above their shop. Their son […]
Need your help. I have very little notes on these buildings, just off the red ash park, bordering the Calder through Hunthill Lane. I’ve always believed them to be pigeon coops, though not sure if they still are or even were! Anybody able to comment? Looking into this subject, by 1978, a growing problem of […]
I do like social history snippets. My friend Archie Simm shared with me recently some memories of various things once delivered reliably around Blantyre. Like Milk for example. He added, “I remember the days when we could count on the milk being delivered in bottles before 8:00am and depending where you were on the route, […]
A Blantyre boy has been crowned Scottish Intermediate Boxing Champion! Straight into Blantyre’s ‘Ultimate Hall of Fame’ and a mention in the “Blantyre People” forthcoming book. Jacob Naismith (11) lives in Blantyre and trains and fights with O’Neils Amateur Boxing Club in Cambuslang. In an exciting match, Jacob who weighs 35.5 kg was fighting in […]