A little festive message from me, Paul Veverka (Admin of Blantyre Project). As I settle down to enjoy Christmas Eve, I’d like to say ‘Merry Christmas’ and thank you to the 17,000 people following this popular page who take the time to read and engage in Blantyre Project articles so avidly here each day. I hope you’re all […]
Andy Lynch has shared these two photos, which were taken at Rolls Royce Christmas Parties in the 1960’s. Andy told me, “My dad worked in Rolls Royce Blantyre the parties were in Rolls Royce club East Kilbride we were bussed up the for the annual Xmas party. The first picture got ripped many decades ago. […]
I’ve spent much of this year exploring the late Victorian era in Blantyre with enough stories and content to perhaps give you a flavour of life in the 1890’s for hard working mining families. But what about Christmas in Scotland in the 19th Century? I’ve been looking into traditions, and how some of the things […]
These three photos are from my own family collection. Taken 53 years ago to this very day! Christmas Eve, 1970 at Stonefield Crescent, Blantyre. My mother, Janet takes a rest by the fire. Well deserved sit down in a time about to change her life. For in a way, I’m in these pictures too, a […]
Some more photos from my family album. Taken 52 years ago, this is December 1970 as my 23 year old mother Janet Veverka (nee Duncan) is heavily pregnant with me. This was at Stonefield Crescent in the family home as mum and dad celebrated their first year together as a married couple. The family pet […]
Yuletide was made all the more memorable in December 1904 by various Sabbath Schools in Blantyre. Well attended, thoughtful meetings by the children and their Sunday school teachers were held at the various churches in the town. Blantyre East U.F Church, Blantyre Parish Church and Stonefield Parish church followed their traditional customs with gifts given […]
It’s been a difficult couple of years. People taken from us before they should be. This is often a difficult time of year for some people and makes us all a little bit more nostalgic. Today, on Christmas Day, I’m pausing to remember absent relatives and hope you’ll join me in raising a glass to […]