Continuing a look at some old stories from Blantyre, which hopefully you haven’t heard of before. All suitably illustrated with my new AI generated software. On Saturday 2nd March 1901, a distressful shooting incident happened at Spittal Rows, just off Hamilton Road (where now Bardykes Bing is). The incident took place in a terraced home […]
In April 1944, the Dundee Courier reported “Blantyre police are making extensive inquiries regarding a burglary at the Livingstone National Memorial. Articles which had belonged Livingstone were stolen, including his revolver, two amputating knives and a small dagger and leather sheath, all carried by the famous missionary-explorer throughout his journeys across Africa. Knives were in […]