Yuletide was made all the more memorable in December 1904 by various Sabbath Schools in Blantyre. Well attended, thoughtful meetings by the children and their Sunday school teachers were held at the various churches in the town. Blantyre East U.F Church, Blantyre Parish Church and Stonefield Parish church followed their traditional customs with gifts given […]
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1937 Opening on the Sabbath
On Saturday 20th March 1937, the Dundee Courier reported the story of the David Livingsone Memorial Centre deciding to open on Sundays (then most definitely not the done thing!). The report as follows: “The Scottish national memorial to David Livingstone, famous missionary and explorer, at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, is to be opened to the public on […]