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Military Deserter, 1905

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In 1893, Blantyre man Hugh Rice joined the Royal Highlanders Regiment in Hamilton. However, for an unknown reason, it wasn’t for him and a year later he deserted the company, disappearing from Lanarkshire. Skip forward now over a decade to 1905. On the last Saturday in October that year, Hugh returned to his hometown and […]

Councillors imprisoned after meeting rammy

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Feelings ran high in Blantyre during Summer 1934 about the level of unemployment. This came to a head when on 29th June 1934, seventeen people were charged and found guilty with inciting a riot in High Blantyre after besieging the offices of the Blantyre Council. This occurred after the council decided not to let a […]