On June 4, 1892, the Congregational EU Church in Craig Street held its annual summer outing, with members traveling to Dalziel House despite heavy rain after boarding the train. Simultaneously, the High Blantyre Christian Union’s excursion to Blantyre Farm was also affected by rain, disrupting planned activities and sports.
Another interesting Summer excursion described in 1895, this time an outing by the children of the former Blantyre Works Sabbath School, pictured here. The children were associated with the Primitive Methodist Church who were using this school/chapel building at the time. On Saturday 8th June 1895, their annual outing destination was Strathaven. The Band of […]
On Tuesday 2nd July 1895, the school holidays had just started and the young children of the Sabbath Schools of both Stonefield Church and the EU Church were looking forward to an annual trip. County Councillor John Craig invited the children up to play on his fields at Birdsfield, High Blantyre. However, the day was […]
A story now from 128 years ago tonight. On Thursday 26th December, Boxing Day, 1895 High Blantyre’s Parish Church held their sabbath school soiree. (To you and I, that’s their Sunday School Party!) The event took place that evening in the upstairs Masonic Hall on Main Street and in conjunction with the Band of Hope […]
Summer holidays bring about thoughts of far off day trips, but with war still on 104 years ago, some Blantyre families stayed much closer to home. The local children attending the Salvation Army’s Sabbath School held their annual excursion on the afternoon of Saturday, 1st July 1916. The children, along with a goodly number of […]