A story now almost 103 years ago to the day. As was customary, the children of the Stonefield Parish Church Sunday School would often hold their annual Christmas concert, a couple of days before Christmas Day. In 1916, that fell on Saturday 23rd December and children of that sabbath school were invited along that afternoon […]
Isabella McShane shared this photo of a show that ‘Auchinraith Primary School’ put on around 1970, close to her final year of Primary. Do you know any of the pupils (in what would certainly be classed as an unpolitical correct show these days) Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on […]
At end of term in June 1979, there was a cast of hundreds (well almost a hundred) when the pupils of High Blantyre Primary School put on a spectacular production of “Josephs Technicolour Dreamcoat.” I remember watching this like it was yesterday, although remember feeling relieved not to be chosen to be in it! The […]
What a fantastic day I’ve had at the Lanarkshire Family History Exhibition in Motherwell. I want to say thanks to Lanarkshire Family History for inviting me along today (Saturday 2nd September 2017) and hope I represented Blantyre well. I got in nice and early (pictured as I set up) and was provided a HUGE stand […]