Caroline Cunningham Hy kindly messaged me these great photos from 1972. This was the wedding of her parents, both from Blantyre. On 23rd December 1972, Miss Mary Mcguinness of Kirkton Ave married Hugh Cunningham of Wheatland Ave, Blantyre. The couple married at StCuthberts in Burnbank. How amazing all the fashions and haircuts were, especially the […]
Elizabeth Weaver kindly shared this great photo from 1954. She told me, “It’s our neighbour, Currie Cunningham (Currie was his first name) with a cousin of ours and her friend. It’s taken from the Cunninghams’ garden so that would be 102 Victoria Street.” Elizabeth continued, “You’ll see the fields behind the house? We called that […]
A Blantyre man was sent to prison for three months, with hard labour in Tower Bridge Police Court on Saturday 16th April 1927, following a remarkable incident. John Cunningham, (30) of 47 Tenison Street, Lambeth, and later of 27 Central Buildings, Blantyre, was charged on remand with stealing £80 (about £4,500 in todays money) […]
A Brownie is a member of a Guiding organization for girls aged seven years old to ten years old. Exact age limits are slightly different in each organization. After the age of about 9 a girl can “fly up” to become a Girl Guide. Lord Baden- Powell first organised the Brownies in 1914, to complete […]
On 11th February 2015, I was contacted by Gillian Cunningham who lives in Hamilton Road, at Spittal, on the outskirts of Blantyre. She has just recently had her trees cut in front of her home and now found herself with a marvellous view facing South over fields towards Flemington. Gillian wrote asking, “Can you tell us […]
You’ll notice I say “row” and not “rows” here. Unlike most other miners rows houses in Blantyre, Auchinraith Row was a single row of miners homes. Built in 1874 by Messrs Merry and Cunningham these homes remained the property of the colliery which was sited nearby. The row sat to the East of the modern […]