Springtime in Blantyre and it’s 1896, and in particular Easter time. So, what was making the news that week 127 years ago? At High Blantyre School, overcrowding and a shortage of teachers meant many pupils were proposed to move to the nearby Blantyre Old Parish Church Halls for lessons. This is something which did happen […]
Tag: holidays
Fair Holidays, 1908
I have to admit being quite shocked by this next story, hearing something that I didn’t previously quite fully appreciate. I perhaps naively thought that workers, especially miners who were so used to working in the dark depths, would look forward to the Glasgow Fair holiday, which started out as a long weekend. A time […]