I’ve found the earliest mention of motor cars being in Blantyre when I read an entry from the Hamilton Herald newspaper on 22nd January 1897. It read: “A horseless carriage has been visiting Blantyre this week, and the small boy wants to know how it works. He is deeply interested in a vehicle which gets […]
Continuing a little look at earliest motor cars in Blantyre. On Monday 25th October 1897, an immense amount of interest was generated in Hamilton in connection with the inauguration of a regular service of motor cars to travel from Hamilton to nearby villages, including Blantyre. At 8am, a large crowd assembled to witness the departure […]
Just when I thought my recent story about a Motor car collision in Blantyre was our town’s earliest mechanised vehicle accident, I’ve found an even earlier one, this time in 1898! This is a story about a vehicle accident, 5 years before trams! On Monday 24th January 1898, Hamilton man William Muir found himself in […]
Just when I thought I’d found the earliest mention of motor cars in Blantyre, along comes an even earlier story. Evidence next of motor cars as far back in this area as 1898. With no photographs available, this article is suitably illustrated by AI exclusively for this story. This article also reflects how far motoring […]