Blantyre Project has lost a friend and Blantyre itself, lost a true gent. Very sad news last night as we heard of the passing of well known Blantyre man, John Dunsmore. I’ll miss all his interesting comments and snippets of local information. I’ve learned a lot on this page from Wee Yanni over the years. […]
Sincere thanks go out today to local man, John Dunsmore (Wee Yanni) whom, in the last couple of days took time out and at his own cost, to repair and renovate the wording on the High Blantyre Pit Memorial. Following our clean up of the memorial at Kirkton last week, John noticed that the wording […]
Pictured here back on Tuesday 26th July 2016 is John Dunsmore (Wee Yanni). John is a frequent visitor to Blantyre Project and well known to me and to the rest of the Veverka family. This kind soul is passionate about Blantyre and a fellow member of the Friends of the Calder Group. I have […]