In May 1906, a letter from Auchinraith School Headmaster, Mr Welsh was submitted to the Blantyre School Board requesting that his fence around his home should be replaced. A strange request given the school house and its garden at the top of Craig Street was relatively new. This prompted some humorous debate by the Board. […]
Continuing this story from yesterday…. In 1913, the Rev Thomas Hannan visited Blantyre to Shuttle Row to celebrate the anniversary of David Livingstones birth. What followed was a great description of Shuttle Row, The Village and life in Blantyre at the time, long before the building became a museum. Photographed is the Village School described […]
From the illustrated social history book… “Blantyre – Glasgow Road, The Real Story” by Paul Veverka (c) 2016 – 2018. James Aitchison, headmaster James Aitchison was another former teacher of Stonefield Parish School. He was born in Cambuslang on 6th September 1873, the son of John and Jane Millar. For the early part of […]
“The Janitors House” is a detached stone built villa located at Auchinraith at 124 Craig Street. (which if my memory serves is the last house in Craig Street) The two storey, pitched roof property was likely built in 1899 to coincide with the 1900 opening of the nearby school. Prior to that date, the house […]