The Blantyre Round Table celebrated a historic event with a £1,800 charity donation, the largest in its history, presented to Mr. Frank Jamieson for the Strathclyde Scanner Campaign. The funds, raised during the previous year’s donkey derby, will support essential medical equipment for Hairmyres Hospital, benefiting the Blantyre community.
At the start of December 1980, more than 230 elderly people attended the Round Table’s largest and best ever pensioners treat. The annual event had been organised by the Blantyre Round Table in Blantyre Miner’s Welfare and 1980 was their 4th event. The pensioners tucked into a hearty meal organised by Tablers and members of […]
Blantyre Round Table members, guests and friend are pictured in December 1980 raising their glasses for a local charity. The tablers’ first ever wine and cheese party held in High Blantyre Public Hall was a great success. The celebrations were helped along by the knowledge that cash raised by ticket sales for the party would […]
This ceremony in October 1979 at the David Livingstone Centre marked the strengthening of links between Blantyre Scotland and Blantyre, Malawi. On Friday 5th October 1979, Mr Frank M Kalamula, assistant High Commissioner for Malawi accepted an £850 cheque from Blantyre Round Table and Blantyre 4th Brownie Pack. The cash was to be used […]
Blantyre Round Table held a huge fundraiser in June 1979 for the purposes of raising £3,000 for a new minibus for ‘Meals on Wheels’. That first Saturday in June saw a family fun day held at Bardykes Farm. “Spot the Personalities” was to be a fun part of the day with a number of […]
Who remembers the round table Donkey Derby?! From the 1980’s, in the field in front of Bardykes House (before the current homes were built), this picture looks across Bardykes Road with the derby in full swing in the foreground. Organised by the Round Table, these were popular fundraiser events at a time just prior to […]
Run by Blantyre Round Table, the 1989 saw the 3rd annual Blantyre Highland Games in the fields at Bardykes, on the lower slopes behind Wilkies Farm. Jim Cochrane has kindly shared these photos here. Do you recognise anybody? Feel free to tag them. The stars that particular year were Hercules the Bear and various members […]