Pictured in this previously unseen photo from between 1900 – 1905 are High Blantyre children. Photographed by David Ritchie, perhaps near his home at School Lane, 4 of the 10 children in this picture have no shoes, treading the streets of Blantyre in their tough, bare feet. The photo illustrates the following narrative very well. […]
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Aw Jock Tamson’s Bairns
My late mum had this little newspaper clipping cut out. (obviously meaning something to her). It says “We have a phrase in Scotland that they don’t have in other countries: “We’re a’ Jock Tamson’s Bairns”. – It’s a wonderful phrase containing the idea that whoever we are, whatever station in life, we are ALL equal.” […]