I like this amusing story from 1896 which appeared in a local newspaper. Andrew Gibson of Bowie’s Land, Blantyre told a story about his son. The boy was at Stonefield School and that particular day was being taught fractions by his teacher. The lesson was, if you have an orange, and you are offered a […]
Sunday 9th March 1958 certainly started with a bang in High Blantyre! When Royal Engineers carried out the demolition of High Blantyre’s Dixon’s Pit, a demolition that the National Coal Board thought would cost nothing, ended up being quite costly! The Territorials were demolishing the old washing plant at High Blantyre Pit that day, but the […]
On Friday 16th February 1900, a large number of friends of Mr. Alexander Gibson, (who had formerly been a merchant at Springwells), met in The Blantyre Arms (Mr. Bremner’s Public House). Mr G Taylor presided and Councillor E.Nimmo acted as croupier. In the course of the evening Mr. Taylor in name of the subscribers, […]
It never fails to amaze me of the generosity of some people. On 17th March 2016, my doorbell went and Mrs Hazel Gibson, of Auchentibber was standing on my doorstep with a bag. She proceeded to show me a photo of old Auchentibber and invited me to see the contents of the bag, which contained […]
Thank you to Mrs Hazel Gibson, who hand delivered this photo to my door. Pictured is Mrs Potter of Auchentibber (also part of the Dickson family), on the right of the photo, in the 1920s outside her store. In the window, when I zoomed in, I could see Lifebhoy soap and sweets. On social media: […]
HOUSES ROCKED BY BLAST Children hurt in Army Exercise A motor car roof was smashed, windows and doors were blown out, and two small children were cut by flying glass when the soldiers of the soldiers of the Territorial Army blew up a 40ft. high washing plant at Dixon’s Colliery, High Blantyre, Lanarkshire, on Sunday […]
In 1948 William Park of Blantyre recorded his ghostly experience at ‘The Lady Nancy’, (the upper South Western slopes of Blantyre). Recorded in the Gazette on 17th July 1948, the ghostly tale is narrated here in his own words and as published. A good many years ago, aye more than I care to remember, a […]