On June 22nd 1968, dancers from Dundee, Stirling, Greenock, Paisley and Kilbirnie came to Blantyre Community Centre on Glasgow Road to compete in a dancing competition organised by Mrs. Hislop who ran the local dance school. Amongst the prizewinners was Mrs Hislops 14 year old daughter, June Hislop who scored 3 firsts and 4 seconds. […]
In August 2015, James Hislop contacted me to say, “My grandfather was James Hislop: Born 18th September, 1875, probably not in Blantyre he married on 9th February 1915 to Agnes Frew: born 09th September, 1886, High Blantyre. It would be great if you would look into my family history. Hislop/frew from High Blantyre.” Always up for an Ancestry […]
June Hislop shared this photo which was taken at Greenhall House. A rare photo of the entrance of the building, pictured in the 1920s is her grandfather standing beside a horse named “The Nut”. Previous Greenhall owner Ean Paul once told me, Mr Moore who owned Greenhall House previous to his family, was very fond […]