A community concert was held one Friday evening in March 1900 with the purpose of raising money to improve certain aspects of Blantyre. In particular, there was the intention of raising funds for more efficient railings around the old (disused) burying ground near Blantyre Works. It was noted that many of the old families […]
I recently posted this photo taken in 1905 by David Ritchie of High Blantyre Primary School. This prompted some online debate. In particular, Blantyre man Alan Baird queried the picture as being High Blantyre Primary School, quoting that it was not the school he remembers going to. Looking at the picture closely, I have to […]
When the Broadway Cinema opened in 1939, there were small iron railings around the corner of Glasgow Road and Station Road, protecting public from traffic. During the war years, as with most iron railings all over the UK, they were cut and removed for the war effort. (Look at many stone walls in Blantyre, you […]