This old postcard dates back to 1903. Pictured is High Blantyre Main Street looking East. Scanned in here in high resolution the postmarks are coming through the card on to the picture. Photographed are some children playing at a thatched house on the left. Facing directly out on to the main street, this cottage is […]
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A Father’s Tragic Discovery
Main Street, Blantyre in June 1949 was the scene of a tragic accident destined to shape the lives of two Blantyre people. This is a story very hard for any of us to comprehend and is quite simply heartbreaking. Mr Alexander Robertson returned from his work as an iron moulder, on the evening of Wednesday […]