David Hunter was David Livingstone’s grandfather on his mother, Agnes’s side. It was his Christian name the famous explorer bore with so much honour. When David Hunter married his wife Janet Moffat, they settled in comfortable circumstances on a small cottage and croft at Airdrie. Mrs Hunter died when her daughter Agnes was but fifteen. […]
On Saturday 3rd May 1930, as Summer commenced, Blantyre residents acted out various scenes of Explorer David Livingstone’s life in the grounds of the newly opened Scottish Memorial to David Livingstone, Blantyre. The eight tableaux featured in the museum also acted as topics for each scene, with some quality acting on display for visitors. The […]
In 1909, Blantyre residents were in a quandary on a delicate matter around the town’s most famous son. Considerable interest was growing on the approaching 1913 centenary of David Livingstone’s birth and some residents wanted to explore the idea of creating a museum in his name. This is of course some 20 full years before […]
The whole concept of the David Livingstone Memorial Centre came about when a meeting was held in the Religious Institution rooms, Glasgow on Friday 22nd January 1926, when it was agreed to purchase Livingstone’s early home and grounds at Blantyre for conversion into a Scots National Memorial. The Right Rev Dr John White, Moderator […]