Highlighted in blue on this 1910 map, is a little window in High Blantyre, just off Main Street within Adams Sawmills. Strange subject perhaps for an article, but this has a nice story attached to it in future years. By the 1960s, the sawmills had a different use. Fellow Blantyre history enthusiast Gordon Cook told […]
A photo of Calder Street Secondary School, taken in 1967. Thanks to Jim Cochrane for sharing. If you know anybody in this photo, please let me know. Thanks.
Although slightly over the Blantyre Parish Boundary into Burnbank, here is a photo shared by Jim Cochrane. Pictured is GreenField School, Burnbank. Jim commented, “My Gran Annie Baird Main (Marshall) is in the middle row 5th from the right. taken i think in the later 1920s she was born on 18th Sept 1914.”
Jim Cochrane sent in this photo which belongs to his mother, Janet Cochrane (nee Marshall). The year is 1955, the school is High Blantyre Primary. Janet has written all the names of the people in the photo.
When I saw this photo, I thought of High Blantyre Primary bike sheds. However Jim Cochrane, who shared this here told me, “I am sure this photo is Auchentibber school in about 1905. My great Uncle William Cochrane is in the middle with his arms folded. Auchentibber had a similar shed at the back to […]
A great find tonight! Thanks to Jim Cochrane for taking time to scan and share these wonderful unseen photos of Auchentibber School! I cant remember ever seeing any online photos of Auchentibber school so its a real treat. How clear these are. Pictured in 1950 are fifteen great photos showing school life at the wee […]
<<< Back to Schools I’m excited to show this photo, which I dont believe has ever been published or seen in general public. Pictured in some remarkable detail is the Blantyre Village Works School, near to the birthplace of David Livingstone. A crowd of 26 people most likely the pupils and teachers, face out towards […]