Another incredible photo of High Blantyre Primary School was taken in 1895. This time we can see the location, and I’m sure even many decades later, people may remember these bike sheds at the back of the school. I certainly remember them from the 1970s. Again, the children are unknown, as are the teachers, but […]
This amazingly clear photo has kindly been shared by Isabel Fleming of East Kilbride. Pictured in 1900, is High Blantyre Primary School at Hunthill Road. The photo has been scanned at an exceptional resolution, allowing so much detail to be picked out. I’m not expecting people to know who these boys were, but remarkably one […]
These amazing photographs are Blantyre school photos with a difference. They taken back over 120 years ago in 1894, making them possibly the oldest known school photos from our town! They are thought to be High Blantyre Primary School on Hunthill Road, which had opened 19 years earlier. Remarkably, one of the boys is known. Matthew Leggat 1st left on […]
<<< Back to Schools Having recently been passed the Auchentibber School Admissions Register from Blantyre man Alan Reardon, I have now obtained A3 scanned copies of the entire register. (Thanks Alex). The document tracks all 459 pupils admitted to the school between 1916 and right up until the last pupil left in 1959. I realise […]
Pictured here in 1945 is Mr. James Dunlop, who was the headmaster at Auchinraith Primary School. Alongside, a couple of decades earlier is his wife. Auchinraith Primary School opened in August 1900 and was extended in 1905. Its first headmaster was Mr. Joseph McNish, who died very soon after in 1903. He was succeeded by […]
The great photos keep coming in! This lovely colour photo was taken in the mid 1950’s, at High Blantyre Primary School, Hunthill Road. Shared here by Gordon Cook, the picture demonstrates well the remodelled entrance at the front of the school (and proves the work was done to alter the front of the school before […]
A nine year old local Blantyre boy appeared at the local Juvenile Court on Thursday 4th March 1938 before Bailie Pomphrey. It was explained to the Fiscal that the boy had caused a great deal of trouble in the past, and he had been missing from home for some time, on several occasions. On December […]