Adams Shop – was a former mid 20th Century shop located on the north side of Glasgow Road at Harts Land. During the late 1960’s and early 1970’s the shop consisted of two shops, either side of a common close. One side was a drapers’ shop, the other sold furniture. The address of the […]
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Wannabe Bookmaker fined
With the arrival of Greyhound Racing in 1920’s Blantyre, came the inevitable gambling problems for many people in our town. At Craighead, a new sight was plain clothes officers, acting on behalf of the gambling commission, walking around the racetrack and others locally to see if illegal activity was going on, especially with the […]
Lennon Ancestry in Blantyre
I received the following lengthy ancestry document from Lindsay Thornton who lives in New Zealand. Here ancestors were from Blantyre and indeed some relations still live here. The document will be particularly interesting for anybody in Blantyre with the name LENNON, FOLEY, TONNER, MURDOCH, FLYNN, HIGGINS, MCINTYRE or ADAMS. Chart for Elizabeth LENNON First […]