Perhaps of interest to those with surname Erwin, I’m posting today about a little known Blantyre business “James Erwin & Son“. A short lived, late Victorian business in Blantyre, put up here if only to record it existed. In the Hamilton Sheriff Court on Tuesday 5th July 1898, James Erwin, the only known partner of […]
Although proudly confirming he had never been in court before, William Lang, a Blantyre painter seemed to have prepared and knew all about court proceedings and workings. It was June 1908 and William was charged with having been found hopelessly drunk on the evening of Wednesday 3rd June 1908 at the tram car terminus. He […]
From the illustrated social history book… “Blantyre – Glasgow Road, The Real Story” by Paul Veverka (c) 2016 – 2018. Clydeview ‘Clydeview’ is the name of a former 3 storey tenement located at 245 to 251 Glasgow Road, of which only the ground floor remains today. It should not be confused by the shopping […]
Mary Steele was born in Blantyre on 27th March 1902. She lived with her parents at their home near Victoria Street and when she was just 12, she won a scholarship to attend Hamilton Academy. Leaving behind Auchinraith Primary School, she attended the Academy between the years of 1914 and 1920. She was a gifted pupil, […]