On the evening of Friday 1st March 1895, St Joseph’s Amateur Minstrels put on a grand entertainment in the Masonic Hall, Stonefield, Blantyre. I always like to read about the descriptions at such concerts for the public, imagining what it would be like in those days before radio and tv, going out to be entertained. […]
Although not at all politically correct these days, there is a sensitive subject I’d like to comment on regarding part of Blantyre’s history. The subject of being ‘entertained’ by Minstrels. Minstrels were of course white people with painted or blackened faces. In those different times, it’s very likely no malice or ill intent was being […]