A lady (who wishes to remain anonymous), shared these lovely 1930s an 1940s note and autograph books. They belonged to her grandmother, who kept them to collect messages from her Blantyre friends. Containing messages of friendship and good advice, I’m sure these would have been well looked after and treasured. Perhaps there’s a lot to […]
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Blantyre Project books in Korea
Archie Simm continues to be an ambassador for Blantyre and Blantyre Project by ensuring my books are seen in various countries in the world, (whenever he visits them!). Thanks to Archie, Blantyre Project now has a presence in Busan, Korea! Archie is pictured here with Mr Jung Soon Won, CEO Hwashin Bolt (left) and Mr. […]
Blantyre Books in China
Archie Simm was recently visiting China and in September shared these wonderful photos with me. Archie told me, “There was a surprising interest in your book last night (volume 2) mainly because of the David Livingstone section. Two guys in particular (Mr. Rong and Mr. Wu) ex of Keystone Valves in China wanted the book […]
Blantyre Project Books in Africa
I was absolutely thrilled at the end of July 2018, when brothers Archie and Hugh Simm informed me that 30 Blantyre Project books were distributed to various schools in Africa. Archie kindly bought 30 books, which not only benefited local Blantyre good causes here directly, but the books ended up also helping others on […]
Seven Amazing Books for Xmas
Still Christmas shopping? Need a PERFECT gift for family and friends? Blantyre Project now has SEVEN amazing local history books, from as little as only £4.99, with FREE delivery! Fantastic to jog somebody’s memory, or for your children to learn or just treat yourself, family and friends to a great, illustrated and interesting read! Our […]
Books home to Blantyre
I recently posted about some books that were sent back “home” to Blantyre from Canada. Well, this theme continues and in the post today, yet another carefully wrapped parcel was received by me, most graciously. Norma Marr of Calgary, Canada shared 2 old books that formerly belonged to her family, “the Downies” of Calderside. A […]
Two wonderful books!
How lucky I’ve been this last month to have people give me so many interesting objects, books and stories! Following a whole batch of postcards arriving by mail last week, and a Blantyre film of 1948 delivered right to my door (which I hope share soon), I arrived home this evening to find a package […]
Crossbasket – thank you
Sincere thanks to Crossbasket Castle last week for their bulk order for Blantyre Project’s “Crossbasket” book. I’m thrilled to have this vendor relationship with my favourite Blantyre building. All the books were expedited at no extra cost and have now been delivered to the duty manager. I hope all the hotel’s guests and wedding couples […]
What about this little lot?
I’ve decided to buy a little book cabinet for these Blantyre books. I’ve quite a collection forming, but what may surprise you is that these particular Blantyre History books were all written by myself in the last 6 years! Most of them are published already and you may recognise some of them. The coloured and white hardback volumes […]