A Blantyre man has told how he raised a glass to Scotland’s national bard at a Burns Supper for 100 people in NIGERIA. Civil Servant David Smith, 24, celebrated poet Robert Burns at a diplomatic event hosted by officials from the British High Commission and the Department for International Development (DFID), based in the […]
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1967 Burns Supper, Welfare
At the end of January 1967, nearly 300 Blantyre pensioners were treated to a fantastic burns supper at Blantyre Miner’s Welfare at Calder Street. The event was hosted by Blantyre Old People’s Welfare Committee and featured prizes, raffles and entertainment. This is a long shot as many of these people would have been born […]


