Continuing our detailed look of how Shuttle Row became the David Livingstone Museum in the late 1920’s. Transcribed from an account in the 1940s: “The main personal interest of the Museum naturally centres round the little room, ten by fourteen feet in size, in which on the 19th March 1813, David was born and where […]
This photo dates from the 1930’s. Pictured is David Livingstone’s birthroom at Shuttle Row, Low Blantyre. I was initially puzzled by this photo as none of the artefacts, the clock, the pictures etc are currently in that room, but David Livingstone Centre confirmed to me today, this IS what the birthroom looked like shortly after […]