On Tuesday 17th May 1910, considerable fear and panic swept through Blantyre when it became known that two young children had gone missing from the Village. A boy and girl, aged 10 and 12 years respectively created considerable commotion with large search parties sent out to look for them. As the day unfolded into Wednesday, […]
Another ancestry request. Sheryl Berry wrote, “My second great grandfather, Charles Hemphill, was born in Castlederg Tyrone Northern Ireland on 4/21/1831 and was married to a Martha Hunter. Their first child was born in Blantyre in 1858. My great grandfather, George Hemphill, was also born there on 9/20/1873. I’ve been told that he came to […]
Continuing our look at brand new “old Blantyre photos”. This time a private photo, so exclusively again on Blantyre Project, for the first time online, one of the only known two photos of Mid or Middle Row at Blantyre Works. Mid Row – or Middle Row was two blocks of single storey homes and one at […]