When Major Ness died in 1908, the schoolmaster who had served Blantyre for over 5 decades was of course highly respected and very well known. On 30th May 1908, the Hamilton Herald and Lanarkshire Weekly Newspaper made a confident prediction, which deserves a worthy mention here, if only for its incredible foresight and accuracy. The […]
Back in October 2021, I took this photo at High Blantyre Cemetery. I’ve written a lot about the obelisk in the middle, the memorial to the miners who died in the Pit Disaster. However, around the obelisk are smaller ones, remembering prominent figures of Blantyre community life gone by. One such obelisk in the tall […]
Researched by Paul Veverka. Words from the book, “Blantyre Glasgow Road South – The Real Story” (c) 2017 **Update: Since writing this, I have revisited and now have a huge amount of expanded detail about John Ness, available in the Feb 2020 book, “Blantyre People” by Paul Veverka (c) 2020 During the late 19th Century […]