Like many of the miners who lost their lives in the Blantyre Pit Disaster, some hadn’t been in Blantyre very long, arriving in the town in that particular decade of 1870s to pursue work in the new Dixon’s Pits. That certainly was the case for John Revie, though by the time the pit took his […]
Hamish Dow shared this with me adding, “I attach a photo taken outside the Causeystanes Dairy, 9 Broompark Road around 1935. The photo shows my GreatGrandmother M Dow (née McLauchlan) on the left with my Aunt Rosemary Scobbie (née Dow) in the centre. I’m not sure if the gentleman on the right is my GreatGrandfather Malcolm […]
Geoff Reynolds says, “I would like to pay tribute to another Son of Blantyre. Private 17084 Norman Scott 10th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) attached to 42 Bty TM. Norman was killed in action on 25th July 1918 aged 23. He was the son of Agnes Scobie Scott (later Reynolds) of 114 Glasgow Road Blantyre. Norman […]