Residents in Kirkwall Avenue, Priory Bridge must have been a very patient bunch in 1979. Every night at number 1 Kirkwall Avenue, comes the sound of bagpipes….played by beginners! Alistair Lawrie who lived there (certainly in April 1979) worked during the day as a salesman for Heinz Foods, but at night he did something […]
Despite being only 12 years of age, Blantyre lass Susan McKie (pictured) was making her mark in a beauty contest in July 1978. Susan of 95 Kirkwall Avenue had been on holiday at Pontins in Hemsby, England where she won Junior Miss Pontin’s Competition. The judges said they chose Susan because of her “cheerful […]
I’ve previously written about a little 1884 ruined chapel at Calderglen, the article here: https://blantyreproject.com/2014/06/02/cochranes-chapel-blantyre/ However, back in February 2016, on a particularly rainy weekend, I set off with Gordon Cook and Alex Rochead to the location of the chapel, armed with a shovel, to see if we could find anything. The purpose primarily was to […]