Moria Lees donated a collection of pre-WW1 postcards that highlight the significance of communication before modern technology. These colorful cards, exchanged mainly among the Miller family, depict everyday life and relationships. Their friendly messages, primarily travel greetings, ceased abruptly in the summer of 1914, reflecting the coming turmoil of war.
This very beautiful scene was taken from a series of postcards and shows the upper Calder, at an area called ‘The Glen’, to the west of Auchentibber. At the time this was taken around the 1910’s, the area just below Calderwood Castle had many walkways, and dominated by the Rotten Calder River snaking through a […]
At the end of 2017, a parcel arrived in the mail marked for my attention. Inside was a gift from Karen Scott, an EK photographer who has created these brilliant Blantyre postcards from some of her own photos. They also make lovely little prints! Featuring scenes in and beside Blantyre, they have a heavy […]
Having just returned from a relaxing family holiday in the Western Isles, I was delighted and surprised to find a small brown package had been delivered whilst I was away. Opening up, I found that Christine Wallace, who lives in Germany had kindly sent me a selection of good quality postcards of the Priory area […]
Two postcards from 1930. One for Bothwell, one for Blantyre which both show familiar scenes. This post serves simply to archive them on to the website, but the multiple scenes on each card are interesting in their own rights.
With the exception of the David Livingstone Centre, its been a few decades since a decent series of postcards was produced for Blantyre. In the past postcards were popular, not only in preserving a family photo, but also to show off our town, which has proven in valuable in recent years as a record to look […]