Bernard Callaghan and James Gormley, two Blantyre boys from Craighead Rows had a little adventure on 30th December 1905, which was abruptly terminated. First, they each had a half penny ride on the tramcars, then fortified with chocolate bars, varied their method of travel by jumping on a train from Blantyre to Hamilton West. Then […]
Maria Pederson messaged me a few weeks ago saying, “Hi there, I saw your post about 1970s weddings. Just thought I would share a picture of my parents on their wedding day at St Josephs in Blantyre on 17th June 1970. My mum Miss Elizabeth Gormley of 8 Knightswood Terrace, Blantyre married Mr Henry Pedersen […]
This photo dates from around 1915 and is part of a series of Postcards taken around that time. Pictured one Edwardian day is a street scene at the bottom of Stonefield Road, where it meets with Glasgow Road. I believe it to be morning as the shadows are laying to the East, indicating the sun […]
From the Blantyre Gazette 1948 Information has reached his grandfather’s home at Blantyre that 19 year old Fred Daigle, son of a former Blantyre woman is coming to Britain as one of Canada’s boxing hopes in the Olympic games. Fred’s mother is Bridget Gormley, whose father, Mr Peter Gormley still resides at 106 Baird’s Rows. […]