On the evening of Saturday 4th August 1894, a young man residing in Hamilton was walking along the Udston Road between Burnbank and High Blantyre was attacked by a number of men accompanied by two women. As the last light faded, amongst the hedgerows in a rural setting, the man was knocked down in an […]
On this solemn, sad day Monday 19th September 2022, on the occasion of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, we think back over 60 years ago when 21,996 days earlier, the Queen was in Blantyre! She was travelling with her husband, Prince Philip and the visit is fairly well documents as the opening of East […]
John Queen has kindly shared these photos from the early 1980’s. Pictured are a few well known local guys taken in the grounds of David Livingstone Centre on a September weekend in the early 80’s. John told me, ” Pictured are James reid (AKA fuzzy). Wull MGuigan (both now passed) Eddie Derrick and Gibby. I’m […]
Thomas Ward recently shared these photos with us. He says, “I have just com across some photos of myself and good friend Davy Borden. Two were taken at the school camp near Meigle when the High Blantyre school packed us off for 4 weeks at end of term. The dormitories at the back were our […]
The Stonefield Tavern is one of Blantyre’s best known pubs. Situated in a prime location on the south side of Glasgow Road, directly opposite the junction of Station Road, it has good frontage opening directly out on to the pavement and remains popular to this day. It may surprise you however, to learn […]
Between eight and ten thousand people cheered the Duchess of York when on Saturday 5th October 1929, she opened the Scottish National Memorial to David Livingstone at Blantyre. She was twenty minutes late in reaching the wooden ceremonial platform owing to the crowds, which pressed so closely around her motor-car on the road through Burnbank and […]
Thank you to Gail Duncan, for sharing these photos. The date is 1971, the location, Low Blantyre Public Park at Stonefield. These Gala day photos show Gail’s aunt being crowned Gala Queen. Gail told me, “My aunts name at the time was Joan hunter and she was Blantyre YMCA gala queen the newspaper one shows […]