Blantyre School kids visiting David Livingstone Centre in May 1977, were delighted to meet a real life African President! Dr Hastings Banda, the President of Malawi dropped into the Memorial centre and was instantly a hit with local children. He joked and talked with them, going around the exhibits in the museum , telling them […]
Pictured here at the opening of the 1978 / 1979 Blantyre Bowling Club, President John McGeehan receives the new President’s Badge from immediate past President, George Moultire. Also pictured is Mrs Margaret McGeehan next to her husband. Do you know anybody else in the photo? Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not […]
There is an unproven rumour that “during the 1960’s, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, former American First Lady and wife of US President Franklin D Roosevelt visited Scotland and stayed as a guest at Crossbasket Castle.” Seeking to find if this was true, I searched for the record. She certainly had visited Scotland before. Once in 1905 […]
In November 2014, Nora Anderson contacted me, sharing some photos of her great, grandfather James Kelly. James was somewhat of a character and as well as being Justice of the Peace, was more known for playing as an initial member of Celtic Football club, then going on to be the President of the entire Club. […]
Betty McLean in Canada recently sent me these photos, adding. “These photos are of my husband Alex. He lived in Morris Crescent for the early years of his life before moving to Russell St Burnbank. He was President of the American Iron and Steel Society in 1986. In 1998 the society held a conference to […]
**Update Jan 2020 – Since writing below in 2012, I’ve extensively re-visited this story and started in detail to make firm, definite connections. I hope to publish my findings later this year. I uphold that there are Presidential Links to this boy. In the middle of the 1700’s, a young Blantyre lad named William Pollock […]