Frances Murphy (nee Docherty) [Recorded 3/2/2014] I was born Frances Docherty on 26 October 1931 in my parents’ home at 12 Watson Street High Blantyre, on the outskirts of Glasgow in Scotland. I was the eldest of nine children, seven brothers followed by my sister who was born after I married. Our village was also […]
John Maguire, an expat from Australia shared this wonderful picture with Blantyre Project. John said, “Hey up Paul, my name is John Maguire and I left Morris Crescent for Sydney Australia 50 years ago. I have been returning to Blantyre every two years since 1970, like a salmon returning to where it was spawned. I […]
Brenda Murphy of Australia sent in these 1972 pictures of her mother and father. Pictured are Frances Docherty and Alex Murphy. Brenda wrote of her father, “Alex Murphy was an expat Scot (who emigrated) to Australia in 1972. Now passed away, but never forgotten. He was on the committee at Blantyre Welfare worked and worked […]