It’s been a long journey to get to this point, but the brand new Miners Welfare Community Resource Centre finally has its scaffolding down as of June 2022, with the roof complete, as it edges closer to completion. This important building for Blantyre, situated on Calder Street burned down suddenly in the early hours of […]
Continued from Part 5…. On 22nd February 1937, a Golden Jubilee celebration dinner was held for Blantyre Curling Club at the relatively new Miners Welfare Hall on Calder Street. It was reported that the Welfare had never been so profusely adorned and decorated. The members a decidedly male affair are pictured that evening in their […]
Eddie McLernon sent in these two photos of a bowling jack. Now this jack has a very specific Blantyre connection as it marked the opening of the Blantyre Miners Welfare Bowling Club back in 1938. The small, silver jack is engraved with: “BLANTYRE DISTRICT MINERSWELFARE BOWLING CLUBPRESENTED TO MRS MARY MCLERNON ON THE OPENING OF […]
An article I wrote about John McDermott for the Blantyre Telegraph some time ago, now transferred into the forthcoming book, “Blantyre People”. A more dedicated, professional person in the world of Sport you will never meet than ex-boxer and trainer, John McDermott, MBE. John has dedicated his life to sport, not just in his own […]
In 1980, a sports champion of the past, Mr John McLuskey stood proudly with Blantyre’s potential sporting champions of the future. John, a former British fly weight Boxing champion came to Blantyre Miner’s Welfare on the evening of Friday 22nd August 1980 to hand over prizes to the best sportsmen and women Blantyre had to […]
Blantyre’s sportsmen and women took a well deserved bow in Blantyre Miner’s Welfare on the second Friday in August 1979. There was a full house as the Miner’s Welfare presented prizes for all the club activities over the previous year. Amongst the prize winners pictured were outstanding boxer, Billy Johnstone, young boxer Terry McCrory, top […]
Concert Hall launch party Tonight, Monday 23rd April 2018, we have the pleasure of being a guest at the re-launch night of the renovated Concert Hall and Function Suite at Blantyre Miner’s Welfare. As you probably know, following the fire last year, this large hall at Calder Street was extensively damaged and has now undergone […]