These are all Blantyre adverts from 142 years ago. James Hazels the plumber, Robert Stewart the slater and plasterer, Robert Davidson sawmills at Auchinraith and David McNaughton had opened the Livingston Tavern. However, my favourite, if only for its excellent detail is JB Struthers who had just opened the hall at High Blantyre, the hall […]
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Robert Davidson b1847
Davidson Mr. Robert – late 19th Century owner of the saw mills at Auchinraith, according to Naismith’s Directory of 1879. Born in 1847 in the Gorbals, Robert was the eldest son of Helen and John Davidson. His father had died by 1879 and the family had moved to Blantyre by that time. According to the […]