Well here’s a rather interesting piece of Blantyre history with a family emigrating to Australia and forming what became known as ‘Blantyre’, Queensland, Australia! Marion Turner sent me this email saying, ” I have an article from a 1902 newspaper about a family gathering of people called ‘Alcorn’. It says that Mr William Alcorn his […]
Two photos of former Greenhall House, High Blantyre. One you may have seen, the other less likely. These were shared by Marion Turner whose grandfather, Thomas Denholm was the coach driver for the Moore family of Greenhall prior to 1910. As the family left for Australia, they obviously went with fond memories of Greenhall, for […]
This remarkable photo is unseen on the Internet until now. This is the front of Greenhall House, High Blantyre around 1905. The former grand home is pictured along with Thomas Denholm, the coach driver. The man up front is Colonel J Wardrop Moore, owner of Greenhall, his family behind in the carriage. When Marion […]