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Continuing a little look at putting some life back into old Blantyre photos. Today, it’s the turn of Blantyre’s most famous son, Explorer Dr David Livingstone. Born at a time when no film existed, until now you could only wonder what he would look like on film. Thanks to the wonderful image and the use […]
Nothing seems to have daunted the great David Livingstone, the famous explorer and Blantyre’s most famous son. He seemed fearless when you read some of his adventures. One story I like is as follows: For years he was the only white man in the great African wilderness, attended by a handful of devoted natives, he […]
Earlier this week David Livingstone Birthplace posted about the beautiful tableaux, now renovated being fitted into the newly renovated museum. Pictured are the contractors carefully fitting the eight sculptures back into place. You may remember seeing them previously in the dark room? I realised i’ve not written much about this subject, so here’s some info […]
Over the last few weeks, I’ve put up several photos of the back of Shuttle Row. This one is simply an illustration, but certainly worth sharing too. I’m unsure if Livingstone ever sat on the slope outside the back of his home and contemplated the world, but this sketch shows somebody in a reflective mood. […]
Here’s an interesting postcard of Blantyre. I can well imagine this card once being sold in the giftshop of the David Livingstone Centre. Not only featuring the great explorer himself, but also a nice view of the back of Shuttle Row, when once there was no woodland. The steep braes rolling down to the road […]
Taken from the windows of Mayberry Place, this pre WW1 crowd gathered at the David Livingstone Church for the unveiling of David Livingstone’s Statue. This is 1913 and a narrow Glasgow Road can be seen in the background, before being widened. Trams were running for about 10 years by the time this was photographed. The […]
A few weeks ago, I posted about gravestones being found in the grounds of the Livingstone Centre, relatives of David Livingstone which were lying in the woods overturned. Well, recently, Alex Rochead shared these photos showing a small plaque in the centre grounds recognising the stones and also took a few photos of further gravestones […]
David Livingstone was born on this day March 19, 1813. He was a Scottish Doctor of Medicine, a Christian missionary and an explorer. Born and raised in the mill town of Blantyre, Lanarkshire in Scotland, by the age of ten he was working in a cotton factory on the banks of the River Clyde. However, […]
A few more photos from the 1979 Blantyre Gala Day. Local Surveyor Ian Bell and Chemist Alistair Mair already had many qualifications to their name as professional men, but one Saturday in June 1979, at the Gala day, they added another accolade by managing the burger stall! One of the most impressive floats was this […]