Being too young in 1914, my Scottish grandfather missed fighting in the WW1 conflict and being too old in 1939, missed most of the fiercest fighting, though he did do active service. This remembrance day, as I’m reminded of war, I think about the other Czech side of my family too. For they were as […]
Its safe to say Remembrance Day in 2020 is a little different. With restrictions on not being able to meet in groups of more than 6 people, the town’s residents and organisations have had to offer their individual, separate support in their own time. But what a response! The cemetery area around the War Memorial […]
On behalf of the following of this page, I went up to Auchentibber Memorial today and quietly placed a Blantyre Project ‘living poppy wreath’. It sits alongside the Auchentibber & Calderside Resident’s wreath. The Memorial is looking majestic after being renovated last year. The newly planted weeping willow, flourishing. Behind it, the outline of the […]
Priestfield Hall, High Blantyre People are invited back to Priestfield Hall, High Blantyre at 3.30pm today, Sunday 11th November 2018 to hear Gordon Cook’s presentation about Auchentibber history. The event marking 100 years since the end of WW1 is being celebrated in true style, with the Community Council doing a fantastic job in decorating the […]
As remembrance day arrives, scenes like these are repeated all over the country, like this one pictured on Sunday 11th November 1979. As the first snow of the year drove across the tiny hamlet of Auchentibber in High Blantyre, around 30 people braved the weather to take part in a traditional service of remembrance […]
Blantyre Pit Disaster Anniversary Hope this is shared far and wide. As we all head to work and start the week this Monday morning in Blantyre, we remember another much more tragic and gloomy Monday morning exactly 141 years ago. One, which claimed the lives of over 215 men and boys, wiping out around 6% […]
During a visit to High Blantyre Cemetery today, I was delighted to see it looking so tidy, not least because kind people like Archie Arbuckle and John Dunsmore have been washing down the graves. However, it was the nice and notable improvements that caught my eye. This year on 11th November 2018 will be 100 […]