Monday 18th April 1921 was a day Blantyre will remember. But not for any good reason. That day saw multiple thefts, vandalism and serious disturbances in streets and shops from around midday to midnight. Vans parked up in streets that had come from Glasgow were broken into and raided, and some instances the drivers were […]
Easter in the tyre, wull ne’r be the same, Naebday rolls their eggs nae mair, tae kids it jist seems lame. Ah ‘kin remember paintin’ eggs, wi’ colours sae bold an grand, bile them, paint ’em, line them up, on kitchen bunkers they stand. Then ‘aff tae the ‘hills’ for rollin, Greenha, Camel humps an […]
Taken from the Hamilton Advertiser, Blantyre notes and local events for 9th January 1932, shared here by Wilma Bolton. “The police have just had sent to them a new list of people who in all likelihood will before long be called to serve as jurymen or jurywomen. Those whose names are on the list […]