Continuing our look at the former Greenhall Rifle Range, High Blantyre. In September 1867, just 4 months after the Volunteer Corps Rifle Range opened, an article appeared in the Hamilton Advertiser describing a competition held there. It is transcribed here, the interesting part for me listing the target distances the competition aimed to fire at. […]
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James Aitchison, headmaster
From the illustrated social history book… “Blantyre – Glasgow Road, The Real Story” by Paul Veverka (c) 2016 – 2018. James Aitchison, headmaster James Aitchison was another former teacher of Stonefield Parish School. He was born in Cambuslang on 6th September 1873, the son of John and Jane Millar. For the early part of […]
1946 Stonefield Parish School
Jack Owens shared this lovely clear picture this week. Taken in 1946 are the children of Stonefield Parish School, affectionately known by some people as “Ness’s School.” Always wishing to add a little more to a picture somebody shared, I can tell you Jack that this was Class 1 in 1946 and their teacher was […]
Gift of Factory Bell 1933
1950’s Ness’s School Photos
New schools photos keep coming in! Previously unseen online, Arlene Green has shared these two photos of her mothers which feature years 1951 and 1955 at Low Blantyre’s Stonefield Primary School, or more commonly known as Ness’s School. In the 1951 photo, Arlene told me, “Here’s my mum 6th from left middle row – Margaret […]
1918 Ness’s Primary School Low Blantyre
A previously unseen photo of Ness’s Primary school, on Glasgow Road, Low Blantyre, incredibly from 1918. Such a wonderful old photo has been donated and shared to Blantyre Project from my good friend, Arlene Green. (Arlene and I found out a couple of years back that we share common ancestry and distantly related.) Arlene told […]
Opening of two Blantyre Schools
Monday 26th October 1875 was a monumental day for Blantyre. In previous years the Village school at Blantyre Works had been filled to capacity and throughout 1875, no less than two new schools were being built. The first being Stonefield Parish School (affectionately known as Ness’s School) located on the later Caspers site, where the […]