This photo was taken on 8th August 1963 Low Blantyre outside Shuttle Row, birthplace of David Livingstone. Now, it would be common for many Blantyre families to have a similar Summer photo in their albums, but there is something special about this event and indeed the lucky child to the right. He was the 2,000,000th […]
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1933 David Livingstone Centre
As i write this, it’s actually the week of the 200th anniversary of Livingstone’s birth. What better way to celebrate this event than show some lesser known photos of the Livingstone parklands and centre. In 1933 the David Livingstone Centre was a busy, busy attraction. Blantyre’s new tourist centre was opened only 4 years earlier […]