Pictured here in 1917 is Catherine McMillan Campbell (maiden name Borland). She is the grandmother of Etta Morrison who shared this photo, which I’ve managed to get colourised. Taken over 103 years ago this photo also has two of her 9 children. On her knee is baby Bobby. To her left is daughter Agnes (Nan) […]
Joanne (Giovanna Matarazzo) Mandel shared this fantastic photo, which I think dates from the late 1920’s or early 1930s. She told me, “My great grandmother Campbell and my aunt and uncle at Dixon Raws before they moved to Priory Street” The Campbells lived at 7 and 26 Dixon Street in the 1930’s. I worked out […]
Today we’re featuring some weddings from Blantyre folk, going back to 1967. First up are Mr. G.Stanley Preston and Shona Campbell. Mr Preston at time of his wedding lived at 72 Farm Road, Blantyre and his bride being from Stonehouse, they married there. Miss Mary Morrison of 23 Poplar Place , Blantyre married Whitehill man […]
There’s a good description of the Remembrance Day service in a local newspaper on 14th November 1942. How much more personal this service must have been to the people , actually experiencing the war and losing those men in those same years. “A very large turnout of the Blantyre Company of the Home Guard under […]
Pictured here in an aerial photo from 1955, are the greenhouses and gardens of Auchinraith Nurseries. Located on Main Street, at its junction with Auchinraith Road, the nursery served Blantyre well and was run in the early to mid part of the 20th Century by the Pattie family. Frank Pattie in the 1950’s supplied […]
Blantyre Project reader, Arlene Campbell asked me recently, “Can’t think of anyone else who may know. Just to cure my curiosity. I park at the side of St Joseph’s chapel every week and this is the first time I’ve noticed this stonework. It appears to be original stone. Was there something else attached to this […]
On 21st June 2015, I was contacted by Australian lady Marg Boardley (nee Sommerville) who emailed, “I’m visiting from Australia and came across your Blantyre page. My great aunt, Helen Smail Sommerville gave her address on her marriage cert in 1917 as Blantyre Lodge, Blantyre. Do you have any record of her working there? She […]