Mr. Edward Cornfield was a miner, of 3 Victoria Street, Blantyre. Born on 11th September 1890, he was the second son to parents John Cornfield and Mary Park. As a child, he lived at Harts Land, on Glasgow Road. He was a regular soldier in the 2nd Scottish rifles, and in 1911 at the age […]
I’m often reminded while looking at Blantyre’s history, that there was a terrible housing shortage in our town especially during the 1930s and 1940s. One such story reinforces this. A touching story of a squatter’s plight was told by a Blantyre man in Hamilton Sheriff Court on 2nd October 1933. He was Edward Cornfield, miner, of 3 Victoria […]