It was a day when a troupe of enormous lions came to Blantyre…..132 years ago. Here’s a long forgotten piece of Blantyre history which I’m resurrecting here. Hopefully this is the first time you’ve heard of this. In Springtime 1893, EH Bostock the famous entrepreneur was touring with his menagerie of exotic animals all over […]
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Curious Zoological Exhibition, 1902
Now here’s a story you may not have heard about. On 12th March 1902, Bostock and Wombell brought an incredible travelling exhibition to the show ground in Low Blantyre. It had already been to Hamilton Larkhall and in the following days, would go on to visit Cambuslang. This was a colossal amalgamation of strange and […]


