Today’s photo was shared by Blantyre Project reader, Andy Lynch. This is Blantyre’s Congregational Church Sunday School Christmas party around 1968. Andy told me, “I’m not in the picture but my sister, Nancy is front row extreme left. Her friend Jacqueline Brown is behind her. I also remember Henry Fulton back row extreme left. His […]
Some news articles next all from the second week in March 1968. This was a week Jimi Hendrix was making headlines and Otis Reading was sitting on top of chart success with “Dock of the Bay”. The Bee Gees crossed the pond to try to “break” America, just as the American President ramped up troop […]
On June 22nd 1968, dancers from Dundee, Stirling, Greenock, Paisley and Kilbirnie came to Blantyre Community Centre on Glasgow Road to compete in a dancing competition organised by Mrs. Hislop who ran the local dance school. Amongst the prizewinners was Mrs Hislops 14 year old daughter, June Hislop who scored 3 firsts and 4 seconds. […]