One of our earliest family photos is over 100 years old! This was a time when a photograph was a real special event and needing planning and co-ordination. This photo we believe was taken in Hunthill Road in the back gardens of the tenements in 1911. I’ve estimated the date as i recognise my grandmother, […]
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John Clark Forrest Connections
You may recall i recently posted about John Clark Forrest (JCF) an eminent man in Blantyre during the mid 1800s. You can read about him here and how his name was used (and his wife’s) to name several Blantyre streets. http://blantyreproject.com/2013/11/16/john-clark-forrest/ I was recently contacted by email from Mr Alex McKee, who believes JCF was […]
Danskins of Stonefield Crescent
This series of photographs are from my own family’s collection. They’re actually of my grandmother Mary Duncan (nee Danskin) and her own family. Up until the mid 1930’s my grandmother lived with her family at the family business premises which was divided into a draper’s shop and their home on the newly established Stonefield Crescent. […]
Husband’s Woeful Homecoming
During the early 1920’s the population of Blantyre dropped slightly, the first time ever in it’s history. This was due to lack of work, saturation of coal mining jobs and the decline of the mills. As with many people in Scotland at the time, suddenly the idea of exploring America seemed a wonderful prospect. Tales […]
Mary Queen of Scots visit
Another noble visitor to Blantyre was Mary (Queen of Scots). The Annals of Blantyre book 1885 commented, “The old road along which Queen Mary passed on her way from Hamilton Palace to Cathcart Castle, on the day previous to the battle of Langside, intersects the property, and there is a beautiful spring of water in […]