At twenty-five past eleven on the morning of Monday September 19th June 1876, Burnbank was rocked by an explosion so loud that it was heard beyond Baillieston, Wishaw and Stonehouse. The explosion was caused by dynamite in a builder’s yard in Burnbank, which took the lives of 7 people. One person Mr John McCall, a […]
The people of Blantyre have had a comedy week of events presented to them owing to the supposed drowning of a young man, who resided in Low Blantyre. The drama opened when one night in April 1928, the man had a “scrap” with another at the river bank on the Clyde at Blantyre. This […]
Winter 1927 claimed the life of a young Blantyre deaf man, named John Cook. John, who resided at 51 Glasgow Road, Blantyre was accidentally drowned in the River Clyde directly opposite the East Lodge of Craighead House. The River, owing to the intense cold was partly frozen and Shoemaker John (age 20) was enjoying himself […]