The whole concept of the David Livingstone Memorial Centre came about when a meeting was held in the Religious Institution rooms, Glasgow on Friday 22nd January 1926, when it was agreed to purchase Livingstone’s early home and grounds at Blantyre for conversion into a Scots National Memorial. The Right Rev Dr John White, Moderator […]
There are many, many stories of fundraising between 1926 and 1929 for raising money to renovate and build the museum at David Livingstone Centre. I thought I’d give a brief insight into that time period and what people were doing to raise the money needed. Commenced in February 1926 following an initial meeting in […]
I took this photo in Winter 2016 down at Shuttle Row, Blantyre Village Works. During the 2 year renovation of Shuttle Row, I hope to bring you little updates on how the renovation is progressing and noting anything interesting during the renovation. For instance, intrigued by this little panel of render stripped from the facade […]
Pictured here, in a previously unseen photo online, is Shuttle Row in 1895. The photo, although somewhat faded in tone, is remarkably sharp in detail. The washing lines out in the front garden, the washhouse to the left, the water pump in the foreground, which served the whole building. The building is of course […]
A meeting was held in the Religious Institution rooms, Glasgow on 22nd January 1926, when it was agreed to purchase Livingstone’s early home and grounds at Blantyre for conversion into a Scots National Memorial. Appeals for financial support were sent out to turn Shuttle Row into a museum and residents were put at notice. The […]
The Scotsman on Tuesday 4th July 1933 revealed what was to happen to a well known bell in Blantyre. “There will be hung in a few days at the National Memorial to David Livingstone, in Blantyre, as an interesting link with the great explorer, the bell that did daily duty in the factory where […]
This photo of Shuttle Row, is a first seen online, but is somewhat confusing to me. We’ve often seen images of the circular washhouse which had a dovecot on top of it, adjacent to Shuttle Row, but in this photo, it’s not there on the left! Dating from 1898, this photo puzzled me for […]