Take 4 or 5 enthusiastic young teachers, add the Blantyre Community Centre Playgroup kids and what do you get? Instant theatre. The youth teachers pictured here at Blantyre’s Playgroup in December 1977 were employed under a government Job Creation Scheme called “Springboard Lanark,” a theatre group which toured Strathclyde putting on shows and bringing smiles […]
To hundreds of kids throughout Blantyre, Cathy McInally (pictured) is a familiar face. This photo (i think) is from 1992 and Cathy had been playgroup leader at the Jack Horner playgroup in High Blantyre for some 21 years. This photo represents putting one family through TWO generations at the same playgroup. Pictured also is little […]
I’m trying to work out what year this photo was. The story is the picture represents 40 years of the Jack Horner Playgroup being in High Blantyre. I can say Mary Carr from the butchers and Cllr Bert Thomson. I also see Cathy McInally at the back. To celebrate the event, pupils from John Ogilvie […]
Looking to try to identify the kids and the year of these photos? Shared by Cath McInally, they feature the Blantyre Playgroup and may be of the 1990s? Recognise anybody?
This was the playful scene at Halloween 1980 at the Elizabeth Scott Centre, Logan Street, Blantyre. Kids of the local playgroup dressed up for their party. Are YOU amongst them or recognise anybody? Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said: Paul McLauchlin I think the lady […]
This is a picture of the 1973 morning Playgroup kids taken at their Christmas Party This was at the Community Hall, Glasgow Road on the same side as the Old Original Inn, and directly across from the David Livingstone Church. Many of the children here would now be around 42-44 years old. (as of 2015) […]