A story next from 1896, some 127 years ago, sufficiently far back in history to put some surnames to. On Saturday 7th March 1896, a rummy took place at Baird’s Rows (Craighead Rows), just off Glasgow Road, Blantyre. Being quite drunk, Charles Monaghan, a miner illegally entered the house of Thomas Mullen and began to […]
Next, a largely unknown, but horrific story from Summer 1915, which made National headline news. The scene is Hamilton Road, on the outskirts of Blantyre between Spittal (Bardykes Collieries 1 and 2) and Flemington (Dechmont Collieries 1 and 2). In the early hours of Friday 16th July 1915, blood curdling yells rang out in the […]
I’ve recently had several people email me wishing to add wedding photos to the growing Blantyre Project Wedding Archive, a feature proving quite popular. Helen Reilly, kindly took time to scan and send over these 2 photos of her parents wedding day in Blantyre in 1957. Helen told me, “My Mum & Dad married in St.Josephs […]