A tragic event took place in High Blantyre on Saturday 12th October and into Sunday 13th, 1895 which resulted in the sad death of gamekeeper, John Young. Mr Young was the head gamekeeper at the Dechmont Estate and that Saturday he was out with his assistant on Dechmont hill looking for poachers. About midday, they […]
A new feature for the page. A little roundup of what was happening in a particular week in Blantyre. These will appear randomly time to time, picking different weeks, months and years. Hope you find this feature interesting. The following news snippets are from the Friday, 20th January 1967. Jailed after Bus Rumpus “A […]