It’s always nice to hear of local couples having long lasting , happy marriages and celebrating 50 years of marriage is certainly something noteworthy. On Tuesday 1st January 1901, that New Years night, family and friends of Mr George McLaughlin and his wife celebrated their Golden Wedding, as well as the New Year. The couple […]
Lets go back next to 1982 and yet another brand new (old) photo for you! Pictured on the east side of Station Road, not far from the Station itself, is the old and former McLaughlin’s Buildings. The Nicholson’s shop on the corner of this building had closed by this time and it is known the […]
I’ve got plenty of brand new fantastic old photos of Blantyre people to share here in August. Readers have been most kind in sending in their pictures. Pictured here around 1910 is the McLaughlin family in Blantyre with their granddaughter (Agnes Strang b 1910?) Shared here by April Leopold Hynes. If you’re sending in a […]
In 1987, Gerry LcLaughlin wrote a nice tribute to John Graham, as follows: The Blantyre Saint “This poem is dedicated to a Christian called John Graham, Who put his trust in Jesus Christ, or Saviour, bless his name, A sinner like the rest of us, was destined for to burn, But he gave his heart […]
I’ve been very quick at retelling stories of drownings at the River Clyde. Sadly, this has happened too many times that I could mention. However, as much as those tragic people need to be remembered, what about the heroic tales of rescues and where the outcome was positive. The tales of Blantyre’s heroes over […]
This photo dates from 1960. Pictured on the left is Nicholson’s shop which was located in the old McLaughlin’s Building on Station Road, Low Blantyre. Maybe you’re young enough to remember this building? Nicholson’s shop was a grocers which stood on the corner of Woodburn Avenue, close to the Station gates. The Nicolson’s also had […]