Only minutes before the big show opened, the ladies of High Blantyre’s Old Parish Church put the finishing touches to “Flowers of Praise” during August 1977. This was the scene in the church on one Friday afternoon at the start of the two day flower show that brought spectators by the score to raise cash […]
The first Blantyre minister Rev William Chirnside took up position in Blantyre on 3rd September 1552. Following the reformation, he found himself first minister of the church at High Blantyre. He purchased 2 silver communion cups, which are still used at Blantyre Old Parish Church. They are over 430 years old and are said to […]