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 book, 14 months in the making tells the definitive story of all the buildings on the south side of Glasgow Road from Springwell to Priory […]
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 feels amazing! High quality prints of old and new Blantyre and glossy covers. Blantyre Images explores old and modern Blantyre by featuring 60 incredible photos […]
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 to Niaroo to visit my Uncle Hughie along with my Dad James Smith. Joe Smith, (the father of John, Hugh, Joe, William, James, Terence, Daniel, […]
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 even then to recorded history of Blantyre. The book was written by the Rev Stewart Wright, a minister in the Parish at the time at […]
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 flick though a new book, and knowing this has been the product of many, many hundreds of hours of work, is great to finally see it. Now […]
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 to stop editing the book in February due to problems with my eyesight. However, final proof reading has taken place by others and the book […]
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 I had accumulated on this amazing building and its estate, putting it in one place. I’m super excited to tell you about my new book, […]
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 a Blantyre lady called Jan Webster? I have the book Colliers Row but somewhere in a box I will try to look for it and […]