John Anderson has shared this family photo. Though it was a little blurry, I’ve managed to sharpen and colour it. The year is 1964. John told me, “This is my grannie and grampa and some of us gradwains. We’re in the back garden at 58 Springwell Crescent with the old railway behind.” Recognise anybody?
Just 1 year after the Blantyre Pit Disaster of 1877, William Dixons Ltd suffered another terrible below.Putting a more personal insight into this, Mr Thomas Murdoch had died in 1877 in the explosion, then his brother and father died a few months later in the following incident. We can only imagine how the rest of the […]
Thanks to Jim Brown for sending in this photo. Jim says, “This my Granny with her sisters and brothers and my Great grandmother.” Jock Murdoch is at the top left, who owned the shop in High Blantyre Main Street, of the same name. The date is unknown, but perhaps the 1950s or 60s. On social […]