On Monday 11th August 1924, the 13-year-old daughter of William Kenney, of 8 Shuttle Row, The Village, Low Blantyre, died that Monday night after being run over by heavy motor lorry. It was stated that the teenager had been swinging on the side of the lorry, and in jumping off she fell in front of the […]
During the 1870’s coal mining was a fledgling and growing business in Blantyre. Exploratory work to determine the new coal seams often uncovered other interesting minerals that could be commercially mined. This included iron and lime. Dotted all over the High Blantyre area of Crossbasket and Auchentibber are small crater like holes a few metres […]