If you’re still looking for an ideal Christmas present, tomorrow is the last day delivery can be guaranteed for all Blantyre Project Books (including the new one!) in time for Christmas. The perfect bespoke and long lasting gift to a family or friend who lives in Blantyre! All proceeds go towards local good causes. A […]
Mid August will see the delivery of Blantyre Project History archives for all of my 2014 posts, photos and articles to the libraries of our local Primary Schools! (High Blantyre Primary, David Livingstone, Auchinraith, St Blanes and St Josephs). This is done partially at my own cost, but also by minor grant funding. It offers each […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]