This photo taken by photographer David Ritchie shows a Family group with their pet terrier. In amongst a collection of Blantyre related photo from 1895 to 1910, I fear we may not be able to identify who they are. It is unusual though for no men to be in such a family photo and I […]
Thank you to Norma Marr for sending this nice photo and incredibly the envelope and letter still intact from 1911. Sent to relatives in Canada, this photo features High Blantyre families from that year. The people are known to have lived in the Auchentibber area and are part of Normas ancestry line. From left to right […]
Looking back on a family Christmas. This time, I’m turning the clocks back to December 2005, a full 10 years ago. Pictured here is myself, and my three younger brother and sisters, Ivan, Joanne and Lorna. This was at Stonefield Crescent at our parents home, both of whom at the time were still living. We […]
I noticed a question online a few weeks ago where Californian man Glenn Orr asked the question, “Does anyone know if the theologian James Orr had any connection to Blantyre? He was born 1844 in Glasgow, and my great great grandfather Robert Robertson Orr lived in Merry’s Row in Blantyre. There are many James Orr’s […]
Well noticed! Whilst stopping at the traffic lights in Hamilton at Peacock Cross, Blantyre Project reader Tracey Lees noticed a plaque saying it was the house of David Livingstone. Tracey asked us to clarify the plaque. This is INDEED NOT the case. Whilst David was born in Shuttle Row and lived not only in Glasgow […]