Many people reading this page will now be aware of the fateful disaster on 22nd October 1877 where 216 men and boys lost their lives at Dixons Pits 2 and 3 , High Blantyre. This sad tale remembers the grief one of the mothers endured. Mr & Mrs George McLachlan lived at No 1 Jackson […]
Robert Stewart recently sent in this photo to me, adding, “Here is my mum’s school photo taken at Calder Street c1930. My mother was born in 1918, I’d say that the children look about 12. My mother is sitting in the centre of the second front row. Her maiden name was Elizabeth McLachlan.” What a […]