On Tuesday morning 17th December 1929 an alarming collision occurred on the Hamilton Road, near the High School, when a bus proceeding towards Hamilton came into collision with butcher’s horse-drawn cart coming in the opposite direction. The butcher’s horse was killed outright in the collision, and the driver was thrown from his seat and severely […]
Neil Scott shared this photo adding, “From left to right Mr. Morgan, Agnes Gardner (nee Morgan) Mrs. MORGAN , CATHERINE MORGAN, JAMES GARDNER at Hunthill Road, about 1950.” Do you know the Morgans and Gardner families? The occasion is surely a wedding, judging by the buttonholes, but i don’t recognise which church.
Thanks to Neil Scott for sending in this photo, which is dated 1930 behind Auchinraith Road. Neil told me, “From Left to right this is Archie Gardner, Maisie Gardner (my grandmother nee Smith) Agnes Morgan, Jim Gardner, and was photographed behind Auchinraith Road about 1930.” A charming photo of Blantyre folk taken 85 years ago. I […]