On December 27, 1892, a locomotive train on the Hamilton to Glasgow line became a runaway, bypassing Hamilton West and Blantyre stations. The driver, inexperienced and misreading the timetable, mistakenly believed the next stop was Newton. Passengers were picked up later, causing significant delays, as those at Blantyre arrived well after schedule.
Summer 1894, saw an influx of miners into the Blantyre area. Though this was just before a general mining strike, word had spread beforehand that the new Priory Colliery was about to be sunk and that further opportunities existed in other mines in the District. Some of these incoming miners were from England and Ireland, […]
On Saturday 22nd May 1897 at the Burgh Police Court, fourteen year old Blantyre miner, Patrick O Brien stood in the dock, accused of being an “annoyance” to train drivers. O’Brien pled guilty of standing in front of locomotives, a practice which was prevalent in Blantyre in the months preceding this. It was becoming a […]
I’m always happy to look at history and ancestry for free for anybody all over the world, if there’s a Blantyre connection. James Wilson recently contacted me saying, “I am from Toronto, ON and I am looking for any information about my Great-Great Grandmother’s death at Blantyre Station in November 1871. Her name was Elizabeth […]
Pictured here in the 1930’s is a high quality photograph of a deserted High Blantyre Station. Robert Brownlie shared this with Blantyre Project, along with his note on the photo showing where the railway bridge was, that used to cross Main Street near the entrance of Craigmuir Road. In the background on the far left, […]