Changes were afoot in 1873 in Blantyre. Just 2 years earlier the Free Church on Stonefield Road had burned down and had just been rebuilt. Changes were also taking place as to how Schools would be run in the Parish, with the creation of a School Board. On the evening of Saturday 22nd February 1873, […]
Tuesday 23rd February 1915 saw Blantyre woman Mary Borden (or Duffy) up in Hamilton Sheriff Court upon the insistence of Blantyre School Board. Mary, of 37 Hall Street, Blantyre was facing an attendance order for her 4 children not attending school. It was stated that as her husband was currently serving in the army, she […]
In 1900, the School Board also had to get to grips immediately with the reclassification of elementary schools now to be divided into 3 parts – infants (embracing all scholars up to the age of 7), junior division (comprising from Standard I to Standard III) and the senior division (comprising Standard IV to VI). […]
Over the next few days I’ll be posting about Blantyre School Board. This was an elected Committee, renewed every 3 years by public election. The purpose was to govern Blantyre’s Schools both at High Blantyre and at Low Blantyre. It was an important year, for 1900 saw many changes to the Education Act, especially […]
The monthly meeting of the Blantyre School Board took place on Tuesday 6th February 1900. Until the Cemetery Road Parish Chambers were built a couple of years later, these type of meetings were held in the Public School in High Blantyre at Hunthill Road. During 1900, Dr Grant was the chairman of the Board […]