Pictured here on 24th May 1977, is the Queen Mother at Blantyre’s David Livingstone Centre (now rebranded David Livingstone Birthplace). The tour followed her visit to open the Africa Pavilions, which had been built earlier that springtime. It was likely a memorable visit for the Royal mum, for she had been there 48 years earlier, […]
Another great photo of Shuttle Row. An unusual angle from the back. This is the birthplace of explorer David Livingstone, born on the top floor to the right in 1813. In this photo from the 1940’s, young trees have been planted on the slopes, which today are now much, much taller! Shuttle Row was renovated […]
Looking through some more photos. This one is a cracker! Nice and clear and detailed and is of course, the David Livingstone Centre. Perhaps taken in the 1940’s, judging by the car and styles. Now rebranded as David Livingstone Birthplace and currently undergoing renovation, I’m looking forward to this re-opening and once again being a […]
A couple of people in recent months have asked me where the little African Hut was at the David Livingstone Centre. The hut was reconstructed to show the type of accommodation that our famous Explorer friend used to live in whilst in Africa on his travels. The straw hut is no longer there and was […]
I recently posted about the little straw African Hut which was built in the grounds of David Livingstone Centre in the 1930s, which was a replica of the hut David Livingstone lived in whilst in Africa. Now, i always thought it was removed due to weather, but have recently learned that burned down. It wasn’t […]
Through April and May I’ve been showing some colourised photos. Taking the high resolution photos from my collection and exclusively showing Blantyre in colour from all those years ago, courtesy of help from Scotland Colourised. I hope you’re as impressed by the results as I’ve been. All these colour photos will be available in my […]
With the Herald Clock now signed over to us, today we started the actual work to save the historic artefact at David Livingstone Centre. The stone clock, weighing over a third of a tonne, a gift to the centre in 1941 was due to be demolished, but we stepped in during recent weeks with […]