I particularly like this lighthearted story next, gleaned from auld, local newspapers and have suitably illustrated it with an AI image. Late one evening in May 1895, a High Blantyre farmer was making his way home from Hamilton, where during that day, he had earlier sat in public houses for too long and drank too […]
Robert Clark sent in an ancestry request saying, “I’m trying to find out about John Fraser, (Blacksmith at Priestfield,) and his family. I’d be grateful for any info you could give me.” Not a lot to go on here, so I had to start right back at the beginning. I did manage to uncover quite […]
Mr. John. L Clifford was born in 1896, proprietor and printer of the former 20th Century Blantyre ‘Gazette’ newspaper. Not to be confused like others have done, with his father and son of the same name. He was the son of John Clifford (b1867), who started the family owned printing business. The business was based […]
Further thanks to Bill Duncan for sharing his family photos here. Pictured at Larkfield during the 1950’s is the Duncan family. I was particularly pleased to see these photos because they also include a young Uncle of mine, John Duncan (who was actually no relation of Bills) Bill told me. “What great views there was out […]
Dot Spears-McGuire said of this wedding photo, “Taken in 1959 is my Mum Catherine McGuire (nee Forrester) and Dad John McGuire. The Little Flower girl is Francess McGourty’s and Frank McGuire or Greenhorn’s Daughter mum thinks she might have been called Frances as well?” Do you know or remember Dot’s family?
Back to Glasgow Road. This time 1978, a time when huge redevelopment was underway. Blantyre residents go about their daily business, hands full of shopping, for Glasgow Road had just about everything you would ever need at that time. Looking towards Burnbank, the picture is taken near the former junctions of John Street and Clark […]
This is a family photo taken at the end of WW2. Pictured are my aunts and uncle, from left to right, Nancy MacFarlane (nee Duncan), John Duncan and Margaret Glen (nee Duncan). They lived at the time in Stonefield Crescent. This was a couple of years before my mother was born.