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 […]
A watch was amongst 39 relics of David Livingstone loaned to the David Livingstone Memorial Centre on Friday 17th March 1967. Dr Hubert F Wilson, the missionary’s grandson (pictured left) os seen here handing the watch to Robert C Mackie, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Livingstone Trust. The relics were previously […]