As the Nation celebrated Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee on 20th and 21st June 1897, various events and acknowledgements took place in Blantyre. The choir members of Livingstone Memorial church and their Bible class opted for a ‘drive’ to Louden Hill. Photographs were taken and everybody enjoyed themselves. Pictured is the Livingstone Memorial Choir in this […]
Moyra Lindsay kindly shared this photo, which was taken in 1933. Pictured is the Blantyre Co-Operative Choir and the photo was taken perhaps in the Co-operative Hall. Her mum is pictured. Everybody is smartly dressed though all the dark dresses and suits, I felt gave the picture a rather sombre appearance. The other thing I […]
I have SO many Blantyre photos of my mothers. Will get round to uploading them all in due course. Meantime, this one is from 1957. Pictured is the High Blantyre Primary School choir. My mother, Janet Duncan would have been around 10 years old in this photo and is pictured 3rd from the right in […]
This photo is dated 1957 and features the High Blantyre Primary School Choir. Perhaps you know some of the girls? Janet Marshall is at the top left. Thank you to Jim Cochrane for sharing.