These photos were taken by my brother Ivan Veverka back in early December 2015. After nearly a month of rainfall, the River Calder burst its banks near Milheugh and created a river that was dangerously high , spilling over on to the paths. Around the same time a dog was swept away, but was thankfully […]
From Hamilton Advertiser 16th January 1875, Page 2. THE POOR. “Under the superintendence of the Kirk Session of the parish church, 63 carts of coals were recently delivered amongst the poor. Messrs Henry Monteith & Co., with their well-known liberality, gave 52 carts of coals to the poor of the village of Low Blantyre. […]
This remarkable photo is unseen on the Internet until now. This is the front of Greenhall House, High Blantyre around 1905. The former grand home is pictured along with Thomas Denholm, the coach driver. The man up front is Colonel J Wardrop Moore, owner of Greenhall, his family behind in the carriage. When Marion […]
I’ve walked past this tree a few times in Greenhall Park and often thought how beautiful it is. Unusually for Greenhall, this particular tree is whole and never been storm damaged. My wife recently remarked that its like “how trees are supposed to be”, a reference to its health, shape and beauty. On that […]
Marion Turner in Australia sent me these photos. She told me, “I have been following your page on FaceBook for some time and also your website as my late Mother Marion Denholm was born in High Blantyre in 1908. Her birth certificate names Greenhall Lodge as her birthplace. Her father Thomas Denholm was coachman to […]
These three beautiful shots were taken by George Young at Greenhall Park on 1st October 2015. George (aka Livvy Lad), has shared several of his photos with Blantyre Project, which due to his photography, always leave me in no doubt, just how beautiful Blantyre really is.
Thank you to Australian lady, Marg Broadley for sending me these photos back in June. Apologies, only getting round to uploading them now. Pictured is a wedding in Blantyre in 1917. The wedding is that of Marg’s great aunt Helen Smail Sommerville, who married Thomas Campbell Hunter. The wedding party are pictures on the grass […]