Stonefield Parish Infant School ‘Stonefield Parish Infant School’ being a bit of mouthful, the toddlers school in Low Blantyre was nicknamed by locals as “The Wee School.” It is incorrectly written in publications by others that the infant school was immediately behind Stonefield Parish School, but this wasn’t the case. The former infant school […]
School Photo time. This is High Blantyre Primary School around 1979 or 1980, but can you name the pupils? Teacher looks like Mrs Wishart of Hunthill Road. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said,: Amanda Hobbs Back row- Dawn, Janet, Lisa, Joyce, […]
Saturday 3rd June 1978 was a day of sunshine with all the fun of the fayre at David Livingstone Primary School. The Parents Association organised a Summer Fayre, their first ever, and was a huge success with hundreds of people turning up to see a show that included pony rides, karate displays, band concerts, […]
Continuing a look at children’s playtime rhymes, particular and local to Blantyre. A favourite of mine, (scribbled down a few decades ago by my gran) is this next one recalled from her childhood in the 1910’s. The meaning is lost and of courses she’s not here anymore to ask. I once thought this had […]
This remarkable School photo was taken in 1880, for little Jessie (Jen) Hunter Brown is pictured on the far left who is known to have been born in 1876. Jessie was the eldest daughter of Archibald Brown and Christina Braid. She was born at Boathouse, Blantyre which must have been a nice place to […]
On Monday 28th November 2016, at the invite of local teacher Nicola Smith, I was invited along to David Livingstone Memorial Primary School to present a 1.5 hour presentation on Blantyre history to the pupils. I was delighted to talk to the P6 pupils (who were exceptionally well behaved!) and take them through a history of […]
Another previously unseen school photo. Shared here kindly from Bill Beers who dropped it in to my home whilst on holiday from Canada. His wife Susan was in this class. The date is 1949 and it’s Miss Galloway’s class at High Blantyre Primary School on Hunthill Road. The children here would now be in their […]