This photo from 1901, taken from a local newspaper of the time is Blantyre Parish Council. The occasion of the photo was the opening of the new Parish Council chambers in Cemetery Road. Although not the best photo, the names of all these men who shaped the affairs of Blantyre, some for decades previous to […]
In 1929, members of the former Blantyre Parish Council met once again to be photographed. The men (and a woman) were photographed outside the Council Chambers at High Blantyre. Blantyre Parish Council formed in 1895 and they succeeded a much earlier form of the organisation, in the form of Blantyre Parochial Board. Both the Parochial Board […]
In June 1938 at a meeting of the Hamilton Town Council Mr Peter Aitken was unanimously appointed Inspector of Poor and Public Assistance Officer for the Burgh, in succession to Mr Alex Bryden, with the appointment taking effect from August 15. Mr Aitken received his early training in Poor Law work in the Blantyre Parish […]