The High Blantyre Parish Church Halls, opened in the 1890s, included a community reading library. Community dissatisfaction arose over entry fees for the reading rooms. A suggestion was made in 1893 to separate fees for library and reading room access. Eventually, Blantyre established a public library with free book access.
Just 16 days left until Christmas! Started shopping yet? You may be wondering about what to buy for a loved one or friends this Christmas? What about one of TWELVE wonderful Blantyre History books, jam packed with interesting stories, photos and Blantyre anecdotes! With Blantyre Books starting from just £5.99, there’s something for everybody. Blantyre […]
You may be wondering about what to buy for a loved one or friends this Christmas? What about one of ELEVEN wonderful Blantyre History books, jam packed with interesting stories, photos and Blantyre anecdotes. With books starting from just £4.99, there’s something for everybody. Blantyre Project’s Shop is OPEN here https://blantyreproject.com/blantyre-shop/ with free delivery from […]
From this week, all 10 Blantyre Project books now have a permanent retail outlet at the new Livingstone’s Cafe! The sale of books from a dedicated place has been missing since the fire in the Miners Resource Centre and with thanks to the kindness of Hazel Krawczyk, these charitable local history books can now be […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]