Pictured here in 1950 is Duncan Kippen after a fire at Walkers Flour Mill, Blantyre Village. The story was shared to me from Gordon Cook who commented, “Walker’s old Wood Flour Mill. They ground down wood to such a fine extent, it was taken to Kirkaldy and other places (usually in Fife) and used in […]
Highlighted in blue on this 1910 map, is a little window in High Blantyre, just off Main Street within Adams Sawmills. Strange subject perhaps for an article, but this has a nice story attached to it in future years. By the 1960s, the sawmills had a different use. Fellow Blantyre history enthusiast Gordon Cook told […]
During mid November 2014, Blantyre man Gordon Cook contacted me with this photo saying, “I came across this wee photograph the other day, I got it a few years back, it’s from India. It shows a brand new bin lorry for Blantyre in 1948. It was known as a Thornycroft ‘Nippy’ lorry. The Indian connection […]
In 1927, Blantyre man Hugh McPherson was in a reflective mood. Speaking of his involvement in the rescue party of the 1877 Blantyre Colliery disaster, he wrote at the time, “For many years I have had a strong desire to put on record my experiences as an explorer in that great colliery disaster, but hitherto […]
Below are the recollections of Mr Hugh Brown, penned in 1927, concerning Blantyre Colliery Disaster. This is of particular interest to me as he is also writing about my great, great grandfather Mr John Bowie. “For many years I have had a strong desire to put on record my experiences as an explorer in that […]
HOUSES ROCKED BY BLAST Children hurt in Army Exercise A motor car roof was smashed, windows and doors were blown out, and two small children were cut by flying glass when the soldiers of the soldiers of the Territorial Army blew up a 40ft. high washing plant at Dixon’s Colliery, High Blantyre, Lanarkshire, on Sunday […]
You may remember reading recently about my visit to the old Auchinraith Curling pond. You can read about that here. http://blantyreproject.com/2014/09/04/lost-at-whistleberry-curling-pond/ Blantyre man Gordon Cook recently read the article and has kindly passed me this amazing photo of the Curling team at Auchinraith. Likely to be taken in the late 1890s, it shows various men […]