In October 1898, the Hamilton Herald published a few amusing and interesting anecdotes, which were remembered and told by Blantyre man, Alex McMillan. The newspaper paid money for anybody sending in their worthy recollections and some of Alex’s old memories are certainly worth sharing here, if only to be preserved. Like this one….. In most […]
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Jackson Ivory Cane
Jane Wright who lives in Melbourne, Australia has a rather fascinating Blantyre heirloom. An ivory walking stick, once owned by “J Jackson Esq, Barnhill, Blantyre.” Jane messaged me, “My Grandmother was named Janet Manson nee Jackson. Born in Scotland, she came to live in Australia, eventually moving into a nursing home at New Farm in […]
Child Thief gets caught again
At the end of January 1925, a Blantyre male stood in Hamilton Court for the third time on a charge of theft. However, this wasn’t a man, or even a teenager, it was a boy of eight, who already had the misfortune of having two similar previous convictions! The boy freely admitted to stealing a […]