Merry Christmas from Blantyre Project! We wish all our readers, peace, happiness and love. A poem for reflection on this special day. “Blantyre Relatives, we miss so dearly” Presents unwrapped with festive cheer, We sip mulled wine, the holy day here. Children’s laughter, games and fun, Food aplenty, gorged our tums. Blantyre basks in Christmas […]
On Christmas Eve 1877, a meeting was held in the Stonefield Mission House, the purpose of which was to present 300 bibles to the Blantyre Disaster Widows and orphans. Grief was still apparent, only 2 months after the disaster that claimed over 200 men and boys. The bibles were donated by the National Bible […]
You may have seen in previous years, at this time of year, I like to put up a photo of my own family Christmas past. Here’s my mother, Janet at Christmas 1970 at 10 Stonefield Crescent. I was born two months later, so I suppose you could say I’m in the photo too! I remember […]
To celebrate the run up to Christmas, this December (as I’ve done here for each of the last 6 years), I’ll be unveiling many, many BRAND NEW Blantyre photos each and every day! Some contributed, others from my own collection. Starting 1st December and throughout the whole month, I’ve chosen some amazing new photos to […]
Memories came flooding back when I saw this photo. Its of a traditional Christmas Card from the 1970s. You may remember the kind, packs of paper cards, all with just 2 or 3 designs, that were mass produced and we sent them out with scattergun tendencies! To families, to our buddies at school, to work […]
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 […]
Continuing my own look back at Christmas past. This time it’s a Veverka Christmas from 1991. A nice short post today, to let you all get back to your festivities. Out of many photographs, I’ve picked these two, which are favourites. In the group photo is me at the back (aged 20 and presumably after […]
Looking back on a family Christmas. This time, I’m turning the clocks back to December 2005, a full 10 years ago. Pictured here is myself, and my three younger brother and sisters, Ivan, Joanne and Lorna. This was at Stonefield Crescent at our parents home, both of whom at the time were still living. We […]