Elizabeth Weaver kindly shared this great photo from 1954. She told me, “It’s our neighbour, Currie Cunningham (Currie was his first name) with a cousin of ours and her friend. It’s taken from the Cunninghams’ garden so that would be 102 Victoria Street.” Elizabeth continued, “You’ll see the fields behind the house? We called that […]
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Selling the right to Burial
This transcribed document notifies of the right to sell burial plots to people in Blantyre during the 19th Century and what those fees were. The poster was shared to me from Blantyre Heritage Chairman, Gordon Cook along with a plan of the Cemetery at High Blantyre. Parish of Blantyre – Notice is hereby given that […]