Just when I thought my recent story about a Motor car collision in Blantyre was our town’s earliest mechanised vehicle accident, I’ve found an even earlier one, this time in 1898! This is a story about a vehicle accident, 5 years before trams! On Monday 24th January 1898, Hamilton man William Muir found himself in […]
On the evening of Friday 13th September 1907, a somewhat extraordinary accident occurred at Blantyre’s Glasgow Road when a (tram)car belonging to the Lanarkshire Tramway Company ran into a flock of sheep. The sheep belonged to Mr Alexander M‘William, a flesher (butcher) from Blantyre, and resulted in thirteen of them being killed. It is a miracle […]
With modern supermarkets and a culture of foodbanks, charitable organisations and better food choice in modern times, it’s difficult to comprehend the lengths some families once went to ensure food was on their table. When people fell on difficult times, turning to crime was often the result of simply trying to feed hungry families. When […]
At Caldervale (Fin Me Oot), near Blantyre and Uddingston, something bizarre was reported to police in February 1918. One cold February morning, a farmer at Blantyreferme was going his rounds when he came across the skins of two sheep, two heads, and two full sets of trotters lying a field! The carcases had been taken […]
Its great when people take time to send in their treasured family photos of places, people and events in Blantyre. I take some delight in being able to share those kind of photos here and whilst there may not be a lot of narrative to such personal memories for people, I’m sure you’ll agree its […]
Jim Cochrane shared this family photo adding, “My Mum ,My Sister Anne ,Our Dog Prince and our Pet Sheep at Calderside in 1969.”
Thank you to Nick Rice, who brought this story to my attention. Nick is related to the McWilliams of Blantyre and told this story of his ancestor. On the evening of Friday 13th September 1907, a somewhat extraordinary accident occurred at Blantyre’s Glasgow Road when a (tram)car belonging to the Lanarkshire Tramway Company ran into […]