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 […]
In 1913, a Blantyre parent found himself in court after thinking he had the right to choose the school his child goes to. William Marshall, a merchant claimed the right to send his child to the new Calder Street School, which was built the previous year. He chose to tell his child not to attend […]
When Mr Ness, the Village Schoolmaster came to Blantyre in 1856, the principal industry in the Parish was the spinning and weaving mills, and the dye works alongside them. There were no coalfields at the time, but limestone kilns, particularly in the Auchentibber district and stone quarrying were other good assets of the area. The […]
This photo, I believe is High Blantyre School, perhaps in the 1940s. The photo was amongst the photos belonging to Janice Rodgers who shared this one here. Knowing her father was born in 1927 and went first to Auchentibber School, its known many pupils then would go on to High Blantyre or Auchinraith Schools. Unfortunately, […]
This is a school photo taken in Blantyre and whilst the school and actual year is unknown, there is a LOT of information about the names of pupils and the teacher, which I’m hoping will be able to identify both the school and a more approximate year. I’m going to say this looks like the […]
Thought I’d share this photo today. It’s the 11th August 1975. 1st day of school. Off I went with my flares, knee high socks, (man)bag and a blonde fashionable “bob”. It was the week Peter Gabriel quit Genesis and man’s first spaceprobe reached another planet (Viking I and Mars). I was 4 and a half […]
Another old School photos. This time from 1946. These kids are all Blantyre children, born in the early part of WW2. This is Auchinraith School, the first intake of pupils that year, the youngest kids. Hamish Dow kindly shared this photo adding, “My brother Neil is 5th from the left in the middle row. I […]