The date of this photo is 6th January 1947. The occasion is the day the mines were nationalised by the Coal Board. The venue is Priestfield Colliery 1 (Dixons Pit 1) and this plaque was erected on the same day the NCB flag was hoisted above the pit offices. Andra McAnulty was guest of honour […]
A few times when I visited David Livingstone Centre, I wondered what the small plaque was on Shuttle Row. Not the prominent one at ground level telling for the 1929 opening, nor the one on the North Gable telling the story of the bell. Instead, looking upwards on the South side, just where the building […]
I just happened to notice the other day looking at old pictures (as I do), that the Auchentibber War Memorial looks different now, by comparison to what it did nearer the time of it being built. Following WW1, the memorial had a massive plaque which covered most of the front of the marble. However, in […]
In November 2014, Betty McLean in Canada contacted me about finding a vent pipe in High Blantyre that was close to the site of the 1877 Pit explosion. The vent pipe was found in the verge , not far from the pavement on Hillhouse road, not too far from the old location of the BIG […]
In September 2014, I was contacted by June Roberts saying , “Hi Paul, I am researching family history and have come across a photo of a John McCue (an old relative) being presented with a silver mounted umbrella by Mr Douglas the USA ambassador on the occasion of a plaque being unveiled at the miners […]
Blantyre Project reader Jamie Stirling has a keen eye for detail. Observing a little plaque in Greenhall on an old tree, he took these three photos. The plaque serves as a warning to the people of Blantyre and says “Lest we forget, this park belongs to the people.” It seems very fitting and appropriate and […]