This view of Elm Street looks north towards Glasgow Road and was captured on camera in 1978 by the late Neil Gordon, just prior to the extensive redevelopment To the right is Kidd’s Buildings, in front are the tenements on the north side of Glasgow Road and to the left is the former Stonefield Parish […]
You may recall i recently posted about John Clark Forrest (JCF) an eminent man in Blantyre during the mid 1800s. You can read about him here and how his name was used (and his wife’s) to name several Blantyre streets. http://blantyreproject.com/2013/11/16/john-clark-forrest/ I was recently contacted by email from Mr Alex McKee, who believes JCF was […]
Miss Rose Campbell, a local woman from Blantyre packed more incident into her years during the 1930’s, than most of us experience in a lifetime. Her story was told to a journalist in July 1938 who remarked “Rose wanted to tell me more, but couldn’t through fear what would happen to her fiance.” Rose studied […]