With the Centenary commemorations of the Blantyre Pit Disaster coming to a close in early November 1977, the three men responsible for the design and build of the memorial, had one thing left to do. Experience being down a pit for themselves! So bravely, in the first week in November 1977, Robert Sim who made […]
Continuing the story of the Blantyre Pit Disaster Memorial…. Neil Gordon was born at Station Road, Blantyre and lived all his life in our town. In March 1958, he married Elma and they initially lived at 1 Clark Street. They moved to 14 Centre Street and subsequently to 74 Boompark Road. In 1971, they finally moved […]
This fantastic aerial photo was taken by the late Neil Gordon and shared here recently by his brother Robert. Taken in 1999, it shows the construction of the current David Livingstone Memorial Bridge over the River Clyde near Blantyre Weir. These were days before drone photography and to get aerial shots like these back then, […]
The David Livingstone Memorial bridge in the 1980s and 1990s had fallen into disrepair after years of neglect. This had largely been caused by a dispute between Hamilton District Council and Strathclyde Regional Council as to who should maintain and paint it. The bridge was declared unsafe due to deterioration caused by rust. When the […]
Thank you to Rob Gordon who kindly shared this lovely painting of the village with Blantyre Project. It was painted by Rob’s brother, the late Blantyre historian, Neil Gordon of Stonefield Crescent and the painting is of course Station Road looking down to Livingstone Memorial. This painting was used for the cover of Neil’s post […]
I recently had the pleasure of corresponding back and forth with Rob Gordon, the brother of late Blantyre historian, Neil Gordon. Rob had very kindly contacted me to offer some of his photographs to add to the Blantyre Project archives, including a few of his own which appeared in Neil’s excellent A-Z book, “Blantyre: A […]
Continuing a look at some nice Blantyre related paintings. Today is the turn of this colourful scene. I love this little painting, not just of the effort and its content, but because it was painted by the late Neil Gordon, a well known man and my Blantyre history predecessor. Neil is the man who originally […]