A further photo from the Queen Mother’s visit to Blantyre in May 1977. As part of the visit to the David Livingstone Centre, the Queen Mum met pupils from David Livingstone Memorial Primary School. Recognise any of the children? Were YOU there that day?
Continued from Part 1 yesterday…. I’ve been looking at the Queen Mother’s visit to Blantyre in May 1977 when she opened the Africa Pavilions at David Livingstone Centre. After the speeches were done, officials of the David Livingstone Trust proudly showed her around the new pavilion and the royal visitor then met pupils of David […]
Thousands of people packed Blantyre streets on Tuesday 24th May 1977 to say a big “welcome back” to an old friend. Almost fifty years after her last visit, the Queen Mother returned to the town – and the local folk made it clear it wasn’t a day too soon. In 1929, as the Duchess of […]
In May 1977, Strathclyde Regional Council came up against a public outcry that roads in Blantyre were only being done up because a royal visit of the Queen Mother was due. After years of neglect, council workers were spotted nearly every day in April and May out in various Blantyre streets, prompting residents to complain […]
Pictured here on 24th May 1977, is the Queen Mother at Blantyre’s David Livingstone Centre (now rebranded David Livingstone Birthplace). The tour followed her visit to open the Africa Pavilions, which had been built earlier that springtime. It was likely a memorable visit for the Royal mum, for she had been there 48 years earlier, […]
David Livingstone Centre, 1977 Sometimes, a wonderful image or film crops up and this is certainly one of those times. Ladies and gentlemen, exclusively online here’s NINE full colour minutes of pure 1977 nostalgia! The occasion was when the Queen Mother visited Blantyre to open the newly built Africa Pavilion. This film from […]
The 24th May 1977, was a Royal Visit day for Blantyre when the Africa Pavilions opened at the David Livingstone Centre. As these pictures show, the Queen Mother opened the building, her first visit back to Blantyre since she opened the David Livingstone Museum in 1929. Here, she meets head gardener Mr Alistair McKeller […]