Feelings ran high in Blantyre during Summer 1934 about the level of unemployment. This came to a head when on 29th June 1934, seventeen people were charged and found guilty with inciting a riot in High Blantyre after besieging the offices of the Blantyre Council. This occurred after the council decided not to let a […]
I see a petition is circulating online for fixing the gravestones in HIgh Blantyre Cemetery. That’s a good cause and if an MSP can intervene to do something, even better. Two years ago, a few Blantyre residents including myself decided to do something about it. Unfortunately though, we were advised by the council that the […]