Some wonderful photos next of busy David Livingstone Grounds during one summer in the late 1930’s. The Livingstone Memorial was busy that day, as were the grounds with many hundreds of people coming along for some summer fun. Groups of people huddle around the seats under the large trees sitting in the shade. Shuttle Row […]
A meeting was held in the Religious Institution rooms, Glasgow on 22nd January 1926, when it was agreed to purchase Livingstone’s early home and grounds at Blantyre for conversion into a Scots National Memorial. Appeals for financial support were sent out to turn Shuttle Row into a museum and residents were put at notice. The […]
We all have to move with the times. Gareth Hoskins Architects, in collaboration with Lordculture, have produced a £10m concept master plan for the redevelopment of the existing David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre, on behalf of The National Trust for Scotland (NTS). The centre is currently closed for renovation which will take 2 years. Part of the […]
This photo dates from the 1930’s. Pictured is David Livingstone’s birthroom at Shuttle Row, Low Blantyre. I was initially puzzled by this photo as none of the artefacts, the clock, the pictures etc are currently in that room, but David Livingstone Centre confirmed to me today, this IS what the birthroom looked like shortly after […]