The Scotsman on Tuesday 4th July 1933 revealed what was to happen to a well known bell in Blantyre. “There will be hung in a few days at the National Memorial to David Livingstone, in Blantyre, as an interesting link with the great explorer, the bell that did daily duty in the factory where […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]