Sarah T Adams from Palm Beach, America contacted me in July 2016 saying, “Hello Paul ,I am looking for information about my grandfather, he lived in Logan Street ,his name was Martin Lennon , he died in the 1960s. The information I am looking for is about him playing football for third Lanark ,and any […]
Mr. Danny McKerrell was the Blantyre man who scored twice in the football Scottish Cup final for lower teir team East Fife in 1938 that went on to win the title. Danny lived at 49 Auchinraith Road, along with Hugh McKerrell, a miner at Auchinraith Colliery. In 1930, according to the valuation roll, they paid […]
Brownlie, Mr. James (Jnr) – also known as Jimmy, son of James Brownlie (Snr). Born James Brownlie on 15th May 1885, at McDougal’s Land, Hunthill, High Blantyre. He was the youngest son of James and Agnes Brownlie family of 3 sons and 3 daughters who all loved at that address, with his grandfather William Brownlie. […]
Alexander William “Alex” Menzies was born on 25th November 1882, the son of Archibald and Isabella Menzies. They lived at Henderson’s Buildings in 1891. Alex was a Scottish association footballer who played as a forward for Hearts and Manchester United in the early 1900s. Born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Menzies was working as a […]
A Blantyre born footballer that was part of the Great Britain football squad that took part in the 1948 London Olympics. Born on 22nd September 1924, Douglas was brought up in Knightswood Terrace, Blantyre, and attended the former Hamilton Academy. However, it was football, which would dominate his early adulthood. As a 23-year-old righthalf, Douglas […]
This is Willie O’Hare. Born in Blantyre, he carved himself a career as a footballer playing for Dalkeith, then by 1931 at the time of this photo, Dundee Football Club as an inside forward. In June 1931, he was transferred to Portsmouth. The football player had proved one of the most versatile on tho […]
Johnny Aitkenhead was born at 35 Hunthill Road, Blantyre on 8th October 1923. Descended from the well known Blantyre builders family, a sporting chap, he opted to be involved in football from a young age. He was an accomplished player in his Calder Street School team and was competent enough to be noticed and selected […]