Yesterday, I wrote about the Blantyre Beekeepers Association and the honey show they held at Priestfield, High Blantyre in 1895. Well, remarkably, here’s a photo of one of the hives being tended to by a Blantyre man. Some background first…. In May 2016, I received an email from Norma Marr, a kind woman in Canada, […]
My very good history colleague Robert Stewart told me recently about a carving that was part of the stonework on the Co-op’s former central premises on Glasgow Road, near Herberston Street. Robert said, “Carved on the corner of the building was a skep (pictured). A straw beehive, with lots of bees flying around it. […]