Saturday 12th February 1910 saw a savage domestic incident at the Village spill out into the street, then later relived in Court. A warning this story, some 111 years old does contain upsetting content. John Irvine, a miner living at Waterloo Row had been paid that weekend and had spent the day drinking in Blantyre […]
Reader, Ann Irvine shared this lovely photo adding, “This is my parents. Martha Sim (deceased) from High Blantyre married John Irvine from Cambuslang. They wed in High Blantyre Parish Church on 12 July 1956” What a happy photo that is! I love seeing wedding photos from the 1950’s. People dressed so elegantly and the fashions seemed […]
During a Football match, a cup tie at Blantyre between Blantyre Celtic and Irvine Victoria on Monday 15th May 1933, some sensation was caused in the crowd of spectators when a man collapsed and died. John Ferns, (69), of 101 Station Road was seen to fall when standing immediately behind the Irvine goal. At that […]