Calderside Row was a former single storey row of stone built, terraced homes, at Calderside, High Blantyre. Background In July 1850, Mr. William Young, farmer and owner of Calderside Farm put his farm and all 177 acres of farmland up for sale. Within the advert of 19th July 1850 in the Glasgow Herald, it was […]
Thank you to Norma Marr for sending this nice photo and incredibly the envelope and letter still intact from 1911. Sent to relatives in Canada, this photo features High Blantyre families from that year. The people are known to have lived in the Auchentibber area and are part of Normas ancestry line. From left to right […]
American lady Norma Marr contacted me in May 2016 writing, “Hi Paul, Recently you had a number of posts of train accidents. Here’s another sad one that you may not know about. James and Robert Patrick were my great uncles. SAD FATALITY AT BLANTYRE — Yesterday morning the bodies of James and Robert Patrick, […]
I recently told a news story about two Blantyre miners who died in a pitfall accident in 1901. Henry Tennant and James McGurk. You can read it here http://blantyreproject.com/2013/08/22/im-away-then/ I was emailed by Mr Patrick Whelan who said, “Dear Mr.Veverka, In the process of doing some ancestry research I came upon the article on your […]
During the 1870’s coal mining was a fledgling and growing business in Blantyre. Exploratory work to determine the new coal seams often uncovered other interesting minerals that could be commercially mined. This included iron and lime. Dotted all over the High Blantyre area of Crossbasket and Auchentibber are small crater like holes a few metres […]