According to the justices, on 2nd June 1908, Thomas Murray, a miner living at 9 Shuttle Row took drastic action to put food on the table. Shuttle Row, pictured around this time was a slum and conditions were most difficult. It was said that on that day, he approached the entrance to the nearby Linoleum […]
This little girl is pictured outside Shuttle Row, at Blantyre Works. The photo dates to around 1900, meaning its now around 116 years old! A sweet photo as the girl poses for the camera or perhaps looks on in sheer curiosity. In the background is the office building at Shuttle Row (David Livingstone’s birth-house is […]
A Strange bird , in Blantyre? Surely not, i hear you cry. Well, it may not have been big news, but it certainly was unusual. IT was born on 18th May 1949 and was reared Mr William Fallis, 25 Victoria Street, Blantyre. In the report, William said “if it’s freak it’s perfect! It appears not […]