This little newspaper clipping tells of the English National Quoiting team coming to Parkhead, Glasgow to play against the Scottish National Team. It was truly the “auld enemy match” of its day. The Scottish team, were victorious securing a fine win over England by 168-111, with the Scots players scoring very consistently, similar to each […]
At the David Livingstone Centre is a a fine eighteenth-century baptismal basin which is claimed to have belonged originally to Blantyre Parish Church. In 1933 , it was added to the Blantyre Room at the Livingstone National Memorial, Station Road. The story the bowl is not known. At the time, there was attached to it, on […]
Pictured here in 1999 is the Niaroo, a rare photo still with the travellers camp there. The area is located mid way down the Pech Brae, down the hill from Barnhill. The Niaroo sign and posts have fallen down, indeed one of the poles is still there today laying on the ground. I went back […]
Many Blantyre residents will recognise this tree. It is of course, the Monkey Puzzle tree in Victoria Street. Located at the corner of the Crescents, on the junction with Victoria Street, just across from the chemist shop. The tree is known to have been there over 80 years ago. Tom Martin in Canada attended Calder […]
Two postcards from 1930. One for Bothwell, one for Blantyre which both show familiar scenes. This post serves simply to archive them on to the website, but the multiple scenes on each card are interesting in their own rights.
At Hamilton J.P. Court on Monday 10th December 1934, Robinson McCormack, a garage assistant, 8 Greenside Street, Blantyre, pleaded guilty to having, at a dance-hall at Glasgow Road, Blantyrc, assaulted John O’Neil, motor driver, Bellshill Road, Motherwell and committing a breach of the peace. The Fiscal heard how the said accused and some other men […]
Two photos of some guys hanging around outside the Priory Bar at the Priory Place Building, (which was at the bottom of Logan Street) Blantyre. These photos are from Summer 1978 and I’m sure will bring back some memories to many people. At first I was going to say they look like they’re outside for […]