In November 1892, the Blantyre Victoria Football Club held a successful amateur concert at the Masonic Hall. Major Ness chaired the event, showcasing various performers, including vocalists and a comedian. The concert, vital for fundraising, received strong audience support and concluded with votes of thanks to the performers.
Here’s a few news stories which were going on in Blantyre during August 1977. James Little CollegeA lecturer at High Blantyre’s James Little College for the handicapped made a strong plea in favour of the special school being kept open. College governors had recently announced that the facility at Crossbasket would have to close because […]
Continuing a look at how Shuttle Row became the Museum for David Livingstone. An account written in 1940s remembers back to the efforts of the 1920s and how the transformation came about. “Preliminary matters having been this happily settled, our next action was to appoint an Organising Secretary, under whose guidance our formidable financial task […]
Well it’s almost at the end of April and WOW, what a fantastic month this has been for Blantyre Project!! I’m blown away! Book sales for April have been “through the roof“, surpassing wildest expectations. An incredible 103 of you rushed out to buy the latest Blantyre Project book, the massive “Glasgow Road: The Real […]
There are many, many stories of fundraising between 1926 and 1929 for raising money to renovate and build the museum at David Livingstone Centre. I thought I’d give a brief insight into that time period and what people were doing to raise the money needed. Commenced in February 1926 following an initial meeting in […]
Well done to everybody who bought the Blantyre Project Monthly Newsletter in September 2014. The totals for that month were an impressive £104.04, with every single penny going to local charity, The Haven. Over 200 editions were bought. A special thanks to Jinxys Bakery for once again collecting an impressive share of that! Adding to […]
The Haven have informed me that the August 2014 edition of the Blantyre Project monthly newsletter raised £102.41, a record month! That’s about 204 people picking up a copy of the newsletter in and around Blantyre. Thank you to everybody who put money into the collection tins. For August alone, the tins had: RBS £18.01 […]