UNIQUE SOCIAL—BLANTYRE EAST (GERMAN) CONGREGATION. Hamilton Advertiser on 3rd January 1903, reported on an event where a Blantyre minister made German immigrants in Blantyre feel more welcomed at New Year. It says, “On the 29th December 1902, Pastor Geyer engaged a large saloon carriage to bring all the Germans from Blantyre and Hamilton to […]
The Blantyre Picture Theatre was constructed in 1913 on Glasgow Road near the corner of Alpine Street. It was the first cinema in the area to show reels of film and proved an instant hit with the entire population, young and old alike. Built by EH Bostok, It proved an important local role in the […]
On Friday 20th November 1840, a meeting took place in Glasgow of several businessmen to discuss procuring a statue of the Duke of Wellington and erecting it in Royal Exchange Square. On the committee, and one of the major subscribers to the cost of the new statue, was Mr. Alexander Downie of Crossbasket. Today, in 2015, […]
A nine year old local Blantyre boy appeared at the local Juvenile Court on Thursday 4th March 1938 before Bailie Pomphrey. It was explained to the Fiscal that the boy had caused a great deal of trouble in the past, and he had been missing from home for some time, on several occasions. On December […]