With thanks to Aileen Farrell who shared this photo. It looks like a medal or commemorative badge for Blantyre Highland Games. Commissioned by organisers Blantyre Round Table, I wonder if any of the organisers can tell me more what this was for? Medals for winning races?
Alan Reardon of High Blantyre recently shared these 2 photos. Pictured is the back and front of a medal given to T Jardine celebrating his time at the Blantyre Vics from 1905 until 1921. Those little medals were designed to hang from chains on pocket watches. I’m sure men would have been very proud […]
Whilst you may have seen this 1908 photo of Auchenitbber Quotiing Team shared by Alex Bowie, I wanted to show you something specific about it. Pictured at the back is Mr. James Nimmo. I’d always thought his chain was a pocket watch, as was the custom at the time when being photographed. However, on August […]