To be published on 4th February 2019 Marion Dixon, who lives abroad shared this wonderful photo, adding, “This is a picture of my father Alexander Boyd Dixon – he’s the baby. He was born at 55 Main St Blantyre on May 19th 1909. The family emigrated in New Zealand when he was 4 years old.” […]
John Boyd was a miner who lived at 177 Glasgow Road in the early part of last Century. In On Saturday 23rd October 1926, his 6 year old son had a narrow escape from death. The boy had been to a baker’s shop, and in crossing to his home just opposite he allowed a bus […]
Today, I have some more Blantyre “modern” weddings from 1967. Three couples all with Blantyre connections. As you may be aware, I’m creating a large archive of Blantyre Wedding photos on Blantyre Project main website, so these posts may become frequent in the short term. Feel free to comment if you recognise these people. Mr Daniel Crawford and Miss […]
Elizabeth Grieve contacted me recently saying, “I was doing some family research recently on my extended family’s war dead from World War One and I got to thinking of those buried in our local cemetery, who died at home and probably have no family locally to visit their graves. Between 1914-1918 the Commonwealth War […]
Continued from Part 1 By 1881, widowed Arthur Leggat was 70 years old and by the time had moved from Bothwell back to his birth-town of Avondale where he would see out his days. His widowed sister, Isabella Stuthers aged 53, lived and worked with him as his housekeeper in Avondale at East Newton Cottage. […]
I’ve not previously written about this little building before as it falls into Cambuslang Parish. However, its close enough to feature on this page as many people will walk past this location if out long Blantyre walks. The Turnpike Road leading to East Kilbride was built in 1790. This greatly improved the tracks that were […]