Miss Christine Graham of Main Street, High Blantyre was the beautiful bride whom in 1967 married Mr Robert Lang of Viewpark in Burbank. Does anybody know what became of the couple? More Blantyre weddings soon. All wedding photos are added to the Archive at Blantyre Project. If any couple wish theirs to be removed for […]
On 5th November, Margaret Sanderson was kind enough to drop by my home to share a few things belonging to her family. Pictured here in 1942 is Betty Graham and Jessie Gibson at the back of Sneddons Buildings on High Blantyre Main Street. The back of these buildings faced directly on to the current […]
The trial for alleged sedition of four Blantyre miners John Ballantyne, George Teesdale, Patrick Allan, and Robert Graham, ended Thursday 28th June 1928 at Hamilton. The jury found the men guilty and each was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment. They were accused of having circulated a pamphlet, referring to the wearing of civilian clothing […]
I’ve been very quick at retelling stories of drownings at the River Clyde. Sadly, this has happened too many times that I could mention. However, as much as those tragic people need to be remembered, what about the heroic tales of rescues and where the outcome was positive. The tales of Blantyre’s heroes over […]