I particularly like this lighthearted story next, gleaned from auld, local newspapers and have suitably illustrated it with an AI image. Late one evening in May 1895, a High Blantyre farmer was making his way home from Hamilton, where during that day, he had earlier sat in public houses for too long and drank too […]
Although proudly confirming he had never been in court before, William Lang, a Blantyre painter seemed to have prepared and knew all about court proceedings and workings. It was June 1908 and William was charged with having been found hopelessly drunk on the evening of Wednesday 3rd June 1908 at the tram car terminus. He […]
One day at the end of February 1917, passenger got on the tram at Cambuslang and it set off heading to Blantyre. But this was to be an eventful short trip! The tram stopped and started erratically, throwing the passengers left and right, almost continuously right into Blantyre. By the West End, somebody had investigated […]
On the 17th June 1939, shortly before the outbreak of WW2, a motor car accident happened on Glasgow Road, Blantyre. Two cars collided, resulting in injuries of three men. When the police were called, it was found that, Lanarkshire minister, John Black Allan of Rutherglen was under the influence of drink! He was charged at […]