Here’s an interesting Blantyre story I’ve been researching recently, which you may not have heard of. Mr John Brooks was the donor of the Baptismal Font at The Livingstone Memorial Church in 1884. He was a man of colour, born in 1821 a free man from Barbados, Caribbean. He came to Scotland around 1837 when […]
Those who attend the David Livingstone Memorial Church will certainly have noticed the beautiful piping organ, a prominent feature of the interior. It’s safe to say thousands of hymns have been played on this remarkable instrument over the years. The organ was built up inside the church during May 1907 and by Wednesday 29th May […]
Hopefully this is the first time you’ve seen this photo. Pictured on Glasgow Road is the Livingstone Memorial Church, the photo dating from (what I believe is) the 1950’s/1960’s. Does anybody remember the former tenement immediately to the left? I’ll be writing in detail about these buildings later in the year as part of an […]
This view from Wheatlandhead Farm faces on to Glasgow Road in the 1940’s and is shared here by the owner of the photo, Elaine Russell. Elaine’s family used to own and work at Wheatlandhead until the farmhouse was demolished in the 1960’s. Today, these fields are more commonly known as the Orlits Housing estate, i.e […]