New Book – Cover design
This afternoon, I was excited to see my new book cover for the first time! “Glasgow Road South – The Real Story” will be out in Springtime 2018. The massive […]
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Blantyre Images – coming soon
They’re here! The first large box of my new book has arrived safely, well in time for the launch on 10th June 2017 at Blantyre Gala. The book looks and […]
Joe Smith – Pitman, Pugilist, Poacher
Steve Smith and I have been conversing these last few evenings. Steve told me, “I visited Blantyre many times to see my Aunt Mary , Uncle Willie and regularly went […]
Annals of Blantyre 1885
One of the oldest Blantyre books I have is this one. “The Annals of Blantyre 1885” is a detailed account of Blantyre life in the 1880’s and refers back […]
Blantyre Project Book Draft has arrived
Excited! My prototype, book draft has arrived. Delivered today, “one of only 2 copies in all this world” of my latest book. It’s always fantastic to hold , feel and […]
The History of Crossbasket Castle
I’m super excited to officially today launch my new book, “The History of Crossbasket Castle” which also features a brilliant additional section called “Tales of Crossbasket”. Written in Winter 2014, I had […]
Coming Soon. The History of Crossbasket Castle
You may have noticed, I’ve never previously published many posts about Crossbasket Castle history. This was deliberate, not through lack of information, but because I was saving ALL the history […]
Colliers Row, by Jan Webster
On 10th November 2014, I was contacted by Betty McLean of Oakville, USA who asked ,“I wonder if you know that there is a book called Collier’s Row written by […]
MSP takes interest in Blantyre Project
Thank you sincerely for the interest shown towards The Blantyre Project from MSP Tom Greatrex. I had the pleasure of meeting Tom recently where we discussed Blantyre Project at length […]