I’ve kindly been invited along to meetings with the new Management of David Livingstone Centre to discuss Blantyre Project and receive updates on their fabulous Birthplace project. I’ll be suggesting exhibitions and archives for Blantyre’s history with the added bonus of having regular first hand updates to provide here and on Blantyre Telegraph throughout 2018 […]
I’ve taken this old 1930’s black and white photo of the former outdoor concert arena at David Livingstone Centre and colourised the photo, to show how it may have looked like back it the day. This was a concert arena, which hosted speakers, musicians and pageants during the 1930’s. It was located in the lower […]
Another important relic or exhibit in the David Livingstone Centre is the coloured shawl in which great explorer is said to have been christened in. It had become the property of an Uddingston family, who had handed it down from generation to generation. The shawl, which (in 1930) was still in excellent condition, was […]