Another little piece of Blantyre nostalgia I acquired by auction is this fantastic Magic Lantern Slide. Dating from the late 1890’s, it’s in great condition and marked slide 2. (Which begs the question what were all the other slides?!) The glass slide, around 80mm square, was larger than I expected when I purchased it on […]
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Magic Lantern show at Dixon’s Halls
During 1889, a Lecture on “The Pilgrim’s Progress” was given at Dixon’s Halls , Stonefield Road. The presentation was given to the Sabbath Scholars of the free and U.P Churches by the Rev. James Campbell. The stories were illustrated with magic lantern views by Mr Cowan of Hamilton. The hall was filled and the pictures […]

