Here’s a great photo from July 1979. Blantyre High Teachers take on pupils at a much anticipated football game! The man with the unenviable task of keeping order was referee and Assistant Head Guidance Teacher, Mr. Norman Emslie. Despite the aggressive pose of Chemistry teacher Alan Berry and the menacing boot from a pupil, […]
A group of Blantyre High pupils were awarded certificates from Councillor Nancy Ballantyne on 8th June 1979 in recognition of their work to improve Strathclyde Park. Over the previous 2 months, the 10 lads from Blantyre High School on Boswell Drive, had worked at the park planting thousands of bulbs, creating benched areas for […]
Schoolchildren in Blantyre were astonished and absolutely delighted to find out on 13th December 1917, that their usual 3 or 4 days school holiday at Christmas and New Year was to be extended to include an unbroken festive holiday from 21st December right through until 8th January 1918. That December, the Blantyre School Board […]
<<< Back to Schools Having recently been passed the Auchentibber School Admissions Register from Blantyre man Alan Reardon, I have now obtained A3 scanned copies of the entire register. (Thanks Alex). The document tracks all 459 pupils admitted to the school between 1916 and right up until the last pupil left in 1959. I realise […]
<<< Back to Schools In July 2015, a High Blantyre man (who shall remain anonymous unless they prefer to be named), arrived at my front door with something to show me. In his arms was the original Auchentibber School Admissions Register! Dating from 1916, the register covered all 456 pupils who attended the school and […]
<<< Back to Schools Very recently I found out that Barnhill had a little school. Well, to be more precise, it had a little building with one room used as a classroom. The little property was fully detached, made of stone with a thatched roof, opening out on to Bardykes Road, Barnhill. It was located […]
A nicely preserved, crisp and clear photo from around 1961. Pictured are pupils at Calder Street school. Sent in by Robert Stewart, he told me, “My late brother Peter, centre of the back row, John Blyth, second left, front row.” The date of the photo may be out slightly, so if you know anybody, please […]