Thank you to Mrs Hazel Gibson, who hand delivered this photo to my door. Pictured is Mrs Potter of Auchentibber (also part of the Dickson family), on the right of the photo, in the 1920s outside her store. In the window, when I zoomed in, I could see Lifebhoy soap and sweets. On social media: […]
Andrew Little’s Rolls, by J Cornfield No matter where i go, no matter what I see, My hearts always in Blantyre, where i long to be. Some things I’ve forgotten, but one Ive never forgot, The smell o Little’s rolls, especially when they’re hot. Young ones nowadays, don’t know what they’ve missed. Why eating Little’s […]
In early June 2015, Blantyre man Jim Cochrane sent over this photo, saying it was in his family photo collection and is allegedly of a shop in Blantyre. The date and location are unknown. Despite the gentle slope on the pavement, I have shown this to several people and we don’t believe it to be […]
Tenants of the house above a shop had to make a hurried escape, when fire broke out in a fish and chip shop at 239 Glasgow Road, Blantyre on Friday 11th October 1935. (Reporters had this wrong stating 249 Glasgow Road) /Within a few minutes the inside of the shop was a raging furnace. The […]
On Sunday 18th January 2015, I was visited by George Park and his elderly mother and her sister at my home in High Blantyre. We shared a great afternoon where I was intrigued by some of the stories and tales they were able to tell me. George’s mother is in her 90s and originally from […]
On 17th January 15, Rosemary Harper contacted me with the following message and photo, “Hi Paul, My Husband’s grandfather, Samuel Alexander Brown (1878 – 1921) was born in Glasgow, Scotland. In his later years he ran a shop. I was never able to pin down exactly where the shop was but, have recently established that […]
On 12th January Lisa Ashford-Potter contacted me with the following message, “Hi, I wanted to share a photo of my great grandmother Margaret Wilson (maiden name) McDonald (1st marriage) Potter (2nd marriage). She owned a shop in Auchentibber which I think you have featured on your page previously. The photo I’m talking about is a […]