Exploring the events that led up to the early possession of Crossbasket Castle…..continued on from previous article. “Before we leave Mains Castle, I’d like to add a few further notes. Speaking of nearby Mains Castle, the house of the Lindsays, in particular, the ruins of it in 1793, “It is wholly in ruins,” said David Ure […]
The “Arctic Convoys – Men and Ice” exhibition opens this Monday in Edinburgh and tells the stories of survivors of the Arctic Convoys. These were the brave sailors who worked in some of the harshest conditions of the war, on board ships, on frozen, icy waters in bitter cold Arctic winds, all the time fearing the German U-boats below. The […]
Occasionally a little gem falls in my letterbox. A wonderful old photo of David Livingstone’s birthplace Shuttle Row. The picture dates from 1929, just before the opening of the David Livingstone Memorial Centre. The wall on the left was built on the site of the old Dovecot/washhouse. The water well was retained and the houses […]
Well noticed! Whilst stopping at the traffic lights in Hamilton at Peacock Cross, Blantyre Project reader Tracey Lees noticed a plaque saying it was the house of David Livingstone. Tracey asked us to clarify the plaque. This is INDEED NOT the case. Whilst David was born in Shuttle Row and lived not only in Glasgow […]
Family members of David Livingstone would always have lived their lives in his shadow, but the story of David’s elder brother, John Livingstone is worth telling. John was about 2 years older than David, born earlier in 1811. As boys, both he and David worked together as peicers in the Blantyre Works factory owned my […]
David Livingstone is regarded as one of the most popular Scottish heroes of the 19th century. The famous explorer, doctor and missionary was born in Blantyre on March 19 1813 and employed in H Monteith & Co. cotton mill, working 12 hour days, from the age of 10. Livingstone’s interest in science and nature led […]
The Victorian explorers who went to Africa helped to create new ways of seeing the world for the British public beyond Britain and Europe and played an important part in the history of empire making. These Victorian travellers included men such as Blantyre man, David Livingstone and women such as Mary Kingsley. Several African people […]