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 […]
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Logan Street Pools Winner
September 1946 and fortune smiles down on Logan Street, Blantyre. At his home at 55 Logan Street, Blantyre, Mr Joseph M’Graw, 42-year-old steelworker, won £2239 18s 8d in Strang’s Twopenny Points Pools! He told a reporter the money would be a godsend, as there was no pay coming into the home from that following week. […]