In March 1938 one of the brightest, most ambitious and spectacular amateur productions ever witnessed in Blantyre took place, organised by the members of Blantyre Old Parish Church Sunday School. It was staged in the relatively new Miner’s Welfare Hall on Calder Street, first with a full dress rehearsal to a children’s audience on the […]
I noticed a question online a few weeks ago where Californian man Glenn Orr asked the question, “Does anyone know if the theologian James Orr had any connection to Blantyre? He was born 1844 in Glasgow, and my great great grandfather Robert Robertson Orr lived in Merry’s Row in Blantyre. There are many James Orr’s […]
In 1948, an American couple returned home to Blantyre for a holiday. Mr and Mrs James Orr arrived in mid July, 1948 from their home in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA with the intention of spending a six week holiday in Blantyre. They holiday residence was with Mrs Orr’s sister Mrs George Preston, at 5 Muir […]