A little exciting insight into my new forthcoming books about Blantyre, currently advised today to my publisher for 2016 and 2017 release. 1. “Blantyre Explained” by the Blantyre Project will be out in Winter 2017. This 500 page massive book will be THE definitive book about Blantyre, containing reference to people and buildings and events […]
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Books now back in Stock!
The first three weeks of “Blantyre Project – Journey in time 2” book have been an incredible success. Hundreds of copies have been sold on and offline, with Amazon reporting shipping to 7 different countries already! In fact, offline copies had sold out, but from today are now back in stock again at Blantyre Miners […]
Blantyre Handbook from 1862
We found this wonderful account of Blantyre taken from the 1862 book by Angus MacPherson, “Hand-book of Hamilton, Bothwell, Blantyre, and Uddingston“. Written over 150 years ago, the transcript is as follows: Blantyre is becoming a favourite place of residence for the Merchants of Glasgow, and is likely to become more so. It is chiefly […]
The Circulating Library
With the building of a “state of the art” Church Hall at the junction of Main Street and Hunthill Road in 1893, High Blantyre Parish Church had added a great community asset not just for the people of the congregation, but a useable asset for everybody in the town. With immediate effect the church hall […]