The official Blantyre Parish boundary at the east of Low Blantyre is the Park Burn, a stream which rises at Blantyre Park, further and higher to the south west. Other tributaries like the Red Burn flow into it further to the west and it flows in a north easterly direction towards the […]
Pam Smith Potter messaged me saying, “Margaret Aiken Pollock is my grandmother. Now, I’m trying to fill in her tree and have a lot of blanks so I’m hoping you can help. She had several brothers and sisters where we can find no information. All dates are approximate so I’m hoping you can tell […]
Marion Anderson messaged me in September, “Hi Paul, don’t know if you can help me , but my mother Jessie Ewart Beattie ( née Balfour) was born in Burnbank in 1913 I believe, she told us she was ” picked up of the streets” showing symptoms of scarlet fever during an epidemic when she […]
This lovely semi-rural scene is Low Blantyre, facing over towards Burnbank in the background. From the turn of last century the photo in available by postcard and dates form 1908. The foundry referenced at the top right was Greenfield Foundry which later became the site of Ireland’s scrap yard. Today, the first Depot Bus Station […]