SIMM ENDEAVOUR AWARDS Auchinraith Primary – One man’s Generosity In recent weeks, we learned of a remarkable kindness and generosity of spirit by a particular individual, that we thought we would share. This discovery is shared with permission in the hope it will perhaps motivate others to do the same. Archie Simm, a Blantyre expat […]
James Brown, was the third headmaster at Auchinraith Primary School at the start of the 20th Century. A remarkable man, whose tale needs told here, as a mark of respect for what he did for us. James Brown came to Blantyre in 1900 from a town near Campbeltown. Unmarried, he lived with his sister at […]
Pictured here in 1945 is Mr. James Dunlop, who was the headmaster at Auchinraith Primary School. Alongside, a couple of decades earlier is his wife. Auchinraith Primary School opened in August 1900 and was extended in 1905. Its first headmaster was Mr. Joseph McNish, who died very soon after in 1903. He was succeeded by […]