On Friday 15th July 1904, the 2nd Blantyre Boys Brigade Company left their HQ at Livingstone Memorial U.F. Church and travelled to Largs for their summer camp. It was to be a week long excursion, by officers and the boys with between 40 and 50 boys attending. For many, it was an exciting, adventurous time […]
Duncan Slater has kindly recently sent me some great photos from his collection. Like this one from 1954 showing Blantyre Scouts at their camp.It certainly shows to good effect just what a large group attended and how popular outdoor camps like these were. Duncan has marked up the picture with a few people he recognises. […]
During 1948, The War Office of Britain gave official orders for the squatters at the camps of Old and New Dechmont to be cleared out, to make way for their proposed Territorial Army Firing Range. The area was proposed to be flattened of any makeshift dwellings, fenced off with warning signs and to be used […]