An alarming accident happened at Main Street, High Blantyre on the evening of Monday 7th May 1906. Motor cars on the roads in that year was something fairly new and rare and when one of the contraptions overturned, it caused quite a stir. The motor car belonged to Mr. William Hamilton, an engineer of Uddingston. […]
Some more weddings from 1980. Do you recognise any of the couples? First up is Miss Elaine Martin of Wheatlands Avenue who married Hamilton man Alexander Hall. They married at High Blantyre Old Parish Church. Emily McNaught married Kenneth Rorke in 1980. Emily from Atholl Court in High Blantyre and Kenneth from Strathaven. The couple […]
Chelsea Boys Club was a Boys football team founded by the late Mr. Brian Moran in September 1982. With some assistance of Mr. Michael Martin and Mr. Lambert Beadie, the club got off to a tremendous start, was well attended and promised some good careers in football from some of the boys who showed talent. […]
This little newspaper clipping caused me no end of trouble. I found this small story in The Hamilton Advertiser, Saturday 26th April 1862. It tells of the death of the wife of Thomas MORTON, Innkeeper at Parkneuk, Blantyre. It was of particular interest to me as I’d recently published articles about forgotten pubs in the Auchentibber area and […]
On Thursday 23rd July 1936, a High Blantyre steelworker was tragically killed in an accident near to Blantyre. James Martin (41), a, crane driver, residing at 208 Main Street. High Blantyre, was involved in this accident which afterwards proved fatal. In the Steel Company of Scotland works Hallside, Cambuslang, two hand winches were being used to hoist […]
Six men had narrow escapes from serious injury on Tuesday 8th September 1936 in Bardykes Colliery Blantyre, when they were caught by a race of loaded runaway hutches on the main hutch road. Three escaped by entering a manhole but the others were caught when attempting to enter another manhole. The injured men were John Martin […]
This is a sad story and one I have to admit at first being slightly wary of telling. It’s a little more “modern” than I usually look at, but it is part of Blantyre’s history and despite it’s tragedy, I hope the retelling of it here will raise awareness for children today by reminding them […]