A previously unseen photo of Main Street, High Blantyre. To put this in context, the tenement you see is now the Shanghai Wok. I think this is likely 1953, during the Queen’s Coronation. Union Jack flags are on the buildings and strung across the street. D&R Ritchie Joiners and Glazers is the sign on the […]
Alice McConachie shared this brilliant photo of children enjoying the Queen’s Coronation at a part in 1953. It was taken at the bottom of Priory Street, Blantyre. Alice told me, “My mum Alice Wright (nee Maxwell) is the lady on the right hand side. My brother James Wright is in the second back row on the right […]
Alicejan Sweeney messaged me recently saying, “My mum found a photo of the Priory Street Coronation Party. My mum Elizabeth Sweeney (Wright) is the baby in the 2nd back row wearing a bonnet. My Uncle Iain Wright is to the right of her, my gran Alice Wright (Maxwell) is the lady standing on the right, […]
Next up is a 1953 coronation party photo featuring many children at Priory Street. Margaret Campbell shared this lovely family photo saying, “Looking at the photo, I’m at the front 3rd from the right. My brother Duncan next to me, behind me is my eldest brother Robert, next to him on the left is […]
This happy photograph was sent to us from Arlene Green and is reprinted here with her permission. Arlene told us “1953. The Queen’s Coronation and Blantyre village children are having a street party. The wee girl at the front right is my mum Margaret MacFarlane. The lady behind her is Colette Orr and the lady […]