Schools out for Summer! Today, as Blantyre children end their school term and look forward to summer holidays, we look back exactly 100 years ago. This remarkably clear photo was shared to Blantyre Project by Kim Simmons who lives abroad. Pictured are the girls of Calder Street School along with principal teacher Mr Welsh on […]
This photo of Auchinraith Primary School was shared by Ian Lappin. Does anybody recognise the pupils in the photo. And who’s the teacher? Some teachers at the time of this photo at Auchinraith School were Miss Sinclair, Miss Rose and Miss Drennan. What’s the exact year? Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by […]
Blantyre organisations were shocked in the first week of November 1979, to learn that the derelict building formerly the Auchinraith Primary School at the corner of Craig Street and Auchinraith Road, would NOT be turned into a community centre. Springwells Tenants Association and the Boys Brigade had been especially interested in using the school, […]
A photo of High Blantyre Primary Pupils(?) in 1973/1974. Shared by former High Blantyre Primary teacher, Margaret Hewitt. Do you know any of the pupils? Can you remember this tie , prior to the introduction of the blue and black colours in 1974. I think it may have been a temporary class from another […]
Lots of Blantyre people in this St John Ogilvie High School picture from 1980. Shared by Cornelius McGaulley, this is a photo of the 5th year. Do you recognise anybody? Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said, Elaine Speirs Josie McRoberts from and […]
In the late 1970’s the council’s proposed allocation of £2.5m to build a Secondary Roman Catholic High School in Blantyre, was causing some controversy. To understand this, we must remind ourselves first that the Education Act back in 1918, gave the Roman Catholic Church the right to ask councils to construct separate Schools for […]
During the great miners strike of 1926, some of the striking miners in Blantyre turned their attention to a new tactic. By trying to get their children to strike from going to school! However, the proposed strike of Blantyre School children on Monday 4th October 1926, was later publicly proclaimed by the local miners as being a complete […]
This 2010 Aerial photo was taken by Brian Young’s son on a training flight. I wanted to feature the photo here as it shows something quite unusual. The Auchinraith new and old Primary Schools side by side to each other, just before the demolition started of the old Calder Street School! The new Primary school was […]