Continued from Part 7 From the period 1958 to 1973 the close contact between Vics and Senior Clubs was also an important part of team building. Having sole responsibility for signing players for the club, an association with Jock Stein and Sean Fallon (Celtic), Tom Fagan (Albion Rovers), Alex Smith (Stenhousemuir & Stirling Albion), Alex […]
A poem by Blantyre’s James Mitchell, written in 1938. It may not be November yet, but the poem is worth sharing as a mark of respect of those Blantyre men fallen. This appeared in the paper a year before WW2, so the memories are of WW1. Thank you to Wilma Bolton for sharing this here. […]
We’re slowly uncovering a connection that Bonnie Prince Charlie had with Blantyre. This long forgotten piece of history was still well recorded in the Annals of Blantyre book of 1883 where some generations had been told stories and anecdotes when the fallen Prince had passed through this town. Whether lore or not, some facts are […]