An interesting story about a Blantyre family taken from “The History of the Livingstone Memorial Church dated 1877-1927 by Rev Thos. A. Hugh, M.A” and I quote: “Mr. and Mrs George MacLachlan, for many years members of this congregation, had three sons killed in the 1877 Blantyre Explosion. Twenty three years later in 1900, they […]
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1877 Payslip of Pit Explosion Boy
From 1877, here is the payslip of John Traynor, a fifteen year old boy who died in the Great Pit Explosion of that same year. John was a pit driver who was caught in the blast. It always amazes me, just how many wonderful old documents are out there in Blantyre. What may have seemed […]

