How about this for an amazing picture! It’s actually a postcard from around 1904 showing of course the entrance to High Blantyre Cemetery. Postcard 374 Published by Mrs J Wishart of High Blantyre. The Cemetery is pristine Well kept graves, gravestones all in good repair, benches for sitting to reflect or mourn. An iron […]
During the 1970’s, the plaque bearing the name of Blantyre soldiers who lost their lives in WW2, was stolen from the War memorial in High Blantyre Cemetery. (Sidenote, I can’t think of anything more disrespectful!). As Cemeteries were the responsibility of Hamilton District Council Leisure &, Recreation Departments back then, official set about on […]
A community concert was held one Friday evening in March 1900 with the purpose of raising money to improve certain aspects of Blantyre. In particular, there was the intention of raising funds for more efficient railings around the old (disused) burying ground near Blantyre Works. It was noted that many of the old families […]
On the first Thursday in February 1900, a statutory meeting of the Parish Council took place in High Blantyre. There were several topics. First up was a discussion about the Poor Law Act. Mr Neil Douglas presided. Also present were Messrs J Reid, Loudon, W Reid, Hastie, Batters, McQuarrie, Davidson, Paterson, McMillan, McInulty, Jackson […]
Pictured here exclusively on Blantyre Project are photos by Gordon Cook from the early 1980s, showing Kirkton Cemetery at High Blantyre Cross. These show the only known photos I have seen of Lord Blantyre’s Crypt on the east side of the cemetery adjacent to Douglas Street. The crypt itself was removed above ground when the […]
Many thanks to Alex Rochead who sent me this 1877 list of interments at Dalbeath Cemetery. From October 1877, it features the Catholic miners who were not buried in Blantyre, but instead taken to Dalbeath (St Peters Cemetery) following their funerals. It lists the horrifying reality of the Blantyre Mining Disaster, listing the reason […]
I have marked up this 1955 aerial photo to show some interesting features and how much Blantyre has changed at that location. Looking towards Victoria Street and beyond to the High Blantyre Cemetery, westwards. The houses at Welsh Drive and Victoria Street int he foreground are recognisable and haven’t changed much, but beyond Victoria […]