Danny Mearns a member of Friends of Cambusnethan Priory found this plate whilst digging in a field below the Priory in September 2017. Posting it online, he wanted to know a little more about it. From my own reference book, I was able to provide the following: McLellan, Mr. James – Born in Hamilton […]
Blantyre couple Peter Frame (a coalminer) married his sweetheart Jane Storrie on the 14th March 1889. The couple moved to tenements at Braehead, Hunthill Road, which was located beside the entrance to Milheugh Estate. They had seven children in their family, and it was their 4th Janet Fulton Frame that is the subject primarily in […]
Thank you very much to Elizabeth Grieve who has shared her excellent research here about a very interesting Blantyre woman who turned out to be the only woman commemorated on the High Blantyre War Memorial Sarah Kerr Struthers was born on 30 May 1892 at Braehead, Blantyre to James Struthers from Blantyre and Catherine McNicol from […]
During 1873 the Visiting Officer called the Board’s attention to Blantyre’s sanitary condition. After failing to persuade the Local Authority to take its duties more seriously, Dr. Littlejohn was sent to inquire and the following is an extract from his report. Subsequently the Board, using the threat of court action, insisted that the drainage and […]