Springtime in Blantyre and it’s 1896, and in particular Easter time. So, what was making the news that week 127 years ago? At High Blantyre School, overcrowding and a shortage of teachers meant many pupils were proposed to move to the nearby Blantyre Old Parish Church Halls for lessons. This is something which did happen […]
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1896 Ness’s Low Blantyre School
Blantyre Project reader Susan Dunsmuir sent this photo over to me. She wrote, “the little boy seated first row far right with the mismatched button is my grandfather David Dunsmuir. The story goes that the long face he has is because the photo was postponed a day and his mum wouldn’t let him wear his […]

