Silcox, Rev. Jonathan R. – Minister of Blantyre Old Parish Church from October 1976 for 8 years until 1984. During this time his wife Lynda was a teacher at High Blantyre Primary School and the family lived in the manse with their 2 sons, the eldest of whom was also called Jonathan. The Minister […]
Rev. Duncan Finlayson – b1917 – d2012. Duncan was a former minister of Stonefield Parish Church from 1944. Born in Elgin in 1917 at the end of the First World War, he was raised in Marybank and Strathpeffer. Duncan was the youngest in a family of three. His father was the factor in a local […]
On Sunday 13th October 1929, the Rev. Thomas Shanks, minister of Queen Street Arbroath Congregational Church, intimated to his congregation that he had agreed to accept the call to Blantyre Congregational Church. Mr Shanks had been minister of the Congregational Church in Arbroath since 1924. Born in Airdrie in 1890, Mr Shanks’ early education […]
Ross, Rev. W. Alexander – B.D.F.S.A was a Minister at Blantyre’s East Church in 1929.Mr Ross was originally from Shetland, and studied at Aberdeen University. He took part in the Great War joining at the age of 18. He served in Ireland, Egypt and Salonica being wounded in action at the Ituma Valley in […]
The occasion here in High Blantyre is cutting the turf to begin the construction of the Old Parish Church Hall. The date is 1989 and pictured is Rev Peter O’Price of High Blantyre Old Parish Church, conducting the ceremony and blessing of the new proposed hall. At the same month, the demolition across Main Street […]
In March 1934, a most unusual situation arose over the appointment of a new minister for Blantyre (Old) Parish Church. By 203 votes to 53 the congregation openly rejected the candidate selected as sole nominee by the vacancy committee. The situation was most unusual as the congregation had experienced 2 sermons by the stand-in, trial minister. […]