I’ve got a few previously unseen, old Blantyre photos to show this week, before we continue on our journey exploring stories from 1900-1905. The photos are also from that era, that timeline having been a focus for Blantyre Project these last few months. This photo from around 1900 is thought to be taken in Blantyre […]
On Monday 15th November 1909, a horrific injury happened to a little girl in Low Blantyre. A warning that this article contains some upsetting content. On that afternoon, six year old girl Teresa McCaffrey or Cafferty, daughter of Thomas McCaffrey (a miner of McAlpines Buildings) was seriously injured by a tramcar. The little girl had […]
A remarkable case of juvenile precocity was heard in the Hamilton J.P. Court on Saturday 24th January 1925. Not yet nine years of age, a boy from Burnbank admitted the theft of tin of butter scotch from a confectioner’s shop at Glasgow Road in Low Blantyre. The wee eight year old boy incredibly had […]
With thanks to Betty Weaver for sharing this lovely family photo. Pictured here in 1948 is baby Betty Weaver and her mum Jean Weaver (nee Scott). Elizabeth told me, “This photo shows the back door of 104 Victoria Street with the old “food safe” on the wall above the pram. It had a mesh front and kept […]
Whilst exploring Blantyre’s history, I’ve been shocked by the amount of young children who were sadly run down or injured by vehicles as rural streets gave way to vehicles. Particularly on Glasgow Road. This story is one of those tales, but I wanted to raise awareness of it, as not only was the event […]
Friday 31st January 1936 was a sad day for Blantyre. A four-year-old girl was killed that evening in a road accident on the Glasgow Road, Blantyre. She was little Reta Black, who resided with her grandparents Mr and Mrs John Black at 7 Forrest Street, Blantyre. The girl ran into the street near her home and was instantly killed […]