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An Interesting Tour

August 13, 2023

Even in the years after David Livingstone’s death, a steady stream of visitors came to Blantyre to see where the famous Explorer was born. Long before any museum, the tenant of the birthplace would show late Victorian tourists around. Interest in this site during the 1890’s continued when a memorial plaque was added in 1897 […]

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April 15, 2018

Blantyre Buildings

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Thanks to Alex Rochead for sharing this illustration of Blantyre Works Mills. I hadn’t seen it before so was delighted to see the detail. On the left is the Powerloom mill and after the break in the buildings, on the right is the Cotton Mill. The Madder mill out the picture to the right. […]