Pictured between 1900 and 1903 are 2 little boys playing at Shuttle Row, Blantyre Village Works. They look to be shaking hands and clearly having some fun. Behind them on the right is the 2 storey part of the building now roughcast and used as offices. To put this in a modern context, the […]
This little girl is pictured outside Shuttle Row, at Blantyre Works. The photo dates to around 1900, meaning its now around 116 years old! A sweet photo as the girl poses for the camera or perhaps looks on in sheer curiosity. In the background is the office building at Shuttle Row (David Livingstone’s birth-house is […]
This is the story of a Blantyre man on holiday who got a fright when he dropped his wallet! Whilst strolling across Helensburgh Golf Course one day in the Glasgow Fair holiday 1929, a Blantyre man dropped his wallet containing £156 in cash. (Now, lets put that in perspective, that about £9,000 in todays money!!) After […]