Continued from Part 1….. A year later during the 1888/89 season, improvements to the curling pond were made including the construction of a small clubhouse with lockfast boxes for rental, where members could keep their curling stones secure. This would have undoubtably been useful and avoided the need to hide or transport stones after games. […]
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Blantyre Curling Club – Part 1
The Blantyre Curling Club was a former winter sports club which lasted over 100 years. It all started with an advert put into the Hamilton Advertiser newspaper in early February 1887. The advert proposed an initial meeting of local persons interested in forming a new club and constructing a pond for the purposes of leisure […]


