For those who haven’t been to the David Livingstone Birthplace grounds for a while, you may be interested in these recent photos which show the nice lighting installed throughout the grounds. A sight only seen after dusk, the new lights line the paths at their edges and above them, with the Pavilion buildings also brightly […]
The centre looks well kept and tended outside, the postcard featuring beautiful gardens and an altogether quaint and tidy picture. The other photo is the birthroom itself, located on the top floor of Shuttle Row. The birthroom looked like this for several decades, fairly cluttered with the amount of artefacts being put on display. Today, […]
When you think of the beautiful grounds at David Livingstone Birthplace, just off Station Road, Blantyre its hard not to notice the considerable improvements which have been made this summer. From the nicely renovated working fountain and renovated lion statue, to the stunning new planting around the statue and buildings, its easy to miss all […]
I was a little sorry to recently see the old tree in the middle of the David Livingstone Playing Grounds had been felled. This must have happened in March or April 2022 and its willow-like appearance could be seen in many photographs over the decades. However, the tree was isolated, alone in the middle of […]
Well, I mentioned it was a busy week at the Village and thats certainly the case for the brand new Cafe in the David Livingstone Birthplace grounds, which opens tomorrow! “Livingstone’s” Cafe will open at 8.30am on Thursday 1st July 2021. Run by local woman, Hazel Krawczyk, owner of ‘Hazel’s Butterfly Bakery’, the brand new […]
A busy week this week, especially in the Village with the opening of the brand new Community Playpark at David Livingstone Birthplace, just off Station Road. As our photos show, contractors have been working hard on the new £115k playpark, which officially will open to the public this Thursday, 1st July 2021. It was a […]
The new signs are up at David Livingstone Birthplace as the former David Livingstone Centre gets rebranded. A full month of further work is underway to get the museum ready ahead of its exciting re-opening on 28th July 2021, and tickets are already on sale at https://www.david-livingstone-birthplace.org The new Cafe and brand new Playpark will […]