Blantyre Project reader, Linda Marieskind has kindly shared this wonderful poem. She told me, “I decided to think about and write something in a similar vein to record my first day at Nessie’s skuil! I hope you like it, it’s just as it happened and I still see it in my mind’s eye as if […]
Stonefield Parish School Monday 25th 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’ School) located on the later […]
Pictured in 1946, and kindly shared here by Bill and Susan Beers (nee Wright), is Stonefield Primary School, Low Blantyre. Affectionately known as Ness’s, this is Class 1 taught by Miss Neilson. Beyond the wall I thought this was perhaps the area known as Victoria place, nicknamed, “Honeymoon” but the houses look too nice to […]
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 […]
Blantyre Project reader Susan Dunsmuir sent this photo over to me. She wrote, “the little boy seated first row far right with the mismatched button is my grandfather David Dunsmuir. The story goes that the long face he has is because the photo was postponed a day and his mum wouldn’t let him wear his […]