On Thursday, 12th May 1831, a grand procession took place in Hamilton. At an early hour, the various bodies from the surrounding villages began to arrive in Hamilton, preceded by bands of music, and with appropriate military flags and devices. The place of meeting was the South Haugh (Strathclyde Park area now?), the property of […]
A wartime torchlight procession took place in Blantyre in WW1. On Saturday 14th November 1914, a fancy dress parade was held in order to raise money to buy a motor ambulance for the front. A large number of decorated lorries, horses, carts, cycles and individuals assembled at low Blantyre School around 4pm just before dusk. […]
Newspapers on 27th November 1931 continued with reporting the trial and inquiry that happened following Blantyre’s disaster at Auchinraith Colliery in 1930. Pictured is the funeral procession for the deceased miners travelling past Auchinraith Primary School. As follows: “When the trial was resumed in Hamilton Sheriff Court to-day, for the fifth day, of the […]