With the imminent re-opening of the renovated Shuttle Row museum in Blantyre, we’re celebrating by showcasing in detail, the story of how the slum was changed into a museum the first time around during the late 1920’s. Transcribed from the 1940’s, this chapter explores how the ideas were built upon. “By the Spring of 1927, […]
An impressive ceremonial in presence of a huge crowd gathered from all over Scotland, the Duchess of York on Saturday 5th October 1929, formally declared open, the National Memorial at Blantyre to David Livingstone, the great missionary, scientist, explorer, and pioneer of civilisation. (as pictured from the Hamilton Advertiser in October 1929) The road through the mining and steel […]