On 17th November 1967, the High Blantyre Primary School in Hunthill Road went on fire. It is unknown if it was started deliberately or accidentally. (This school was also later known as “The Annexe”). Pictured here in a brief newspaper article, is a picture of three positively elated boys whom had just been told the […]
I think this article deserves to be shared to show some awareness and memory of the dead. All too often when we think of the 200+ victims of the 1877 Blantyre Explosion, we may think they are all buried in High Blantyre Cemetery. After all, there was a large monument erected by Dixon’s in their […]
William S Dixon (1824-1880) was a coal and iron magnate. Dixon was the third generation owner of the coal and iron firm of William Dixon Ltd, which had been built up by his grandfather and father. He assumed control on the death of his father, William Dixon, in 1859. The firm had long been in […]