The players representing Blantyre Celtic in a game against Yoker Athletic on Saturday 20th August 1955 wore black armbands and the flag at Craighead Park was flown at half mast out of respect to “Jimmy” Meechan whose sudden death at his home at 112 Logan Street on Thursday 18th August 1955 was a shock […]
A bizarre circumstance took place in Blantyre on Tuesday 29th August 1933. Whilst illegal, it also showed the compassion Blantyre people have for their own, when a family is at its lowest ebb. The incident involved the ejection at a late hour of a Blantyre family from a sub-let room in a house tenanted by […]
The council homes which had newly been constructed at Logan Street in the early 1930’s proved too much of a temptation to some Blantyre residents, when upon seeing them built, by comparison to their own circumstances, proved a tempting solution to their own housing crisis. At the start of September 1933, Blantyre squatters, Mr and […]
During the 1930’s, many of the lads attending the Unemployed School at Flemington cycled to the School each morning. Some travelled many miles and they had been in the habit of leaving their cycles in the garage near the school. It seems incredibly mean to think that lads who were workless should have their cycles […]
Two photos of some guys hanging around outside the Priory Bar at the Priory Place Building, (which was at the bottom of Logan Street) Blantyre. These photos are from Summer 1978 and I’m sure will bring back some memories to many people. At first I was going to say they look like they’re outside for […]
On 17th January 15, Rosemary Harper contacted me with the following message and photo, “Hi Paul, My Husband’s grandfather, Samuel Alexander Brown (1878 – 1921) was born in Glasgow, Scotland. In his later years he ran a shop. I was never able to pin down exactly where the shop was but, have recently established that […]
Such a beautiful photograph. Pictured in 1932 is Glasgow Road. A quiet scene with very little traffic. The tramlines are gone and the new modern leveled may have prompted taking this photograph. Families go about the daily business, shopping along the right hand side at the buildings between Logan Street and Church Street, known as […]