Staying with a theme of being inside Blantyre building, this next one needs no introduction. There was hardly a child in Blantyre who didn’t know what this room was….though this photo IS a little brighter than they may be used to. This is the Dark Viewing Gallery in the David Livingstone Centre. Pictured in 1958, […]
This last week saw the disappearance of a much remembered tourist feature in Blantyre. The Dark Room. At the David Livingstone Centre museum, the few lights that set the scene so eerily in this room for the last 89 years, were disconnected…. for good. The museum has recently been closed whilst recording and packing all […]
Sent in from Arlene Green in her own words: “Here’s a short story I wrote a couple of years ago about my memories of a day at David Livingstone’s Memorial when I was young. The Dark Room It was the usual summer day. The type you got back in the 70s. Hot with the tarmac […]