This previously unseen photo of Shuttle Row, was taken likely in the 1930’s and featured on an early postcard for the centre. Taken not long after the building became a museum, it shows the renovated building with new stone steps leading to the lower part and a new stone wall, in the location where formerly […]
According to the justices, on 2nd June 1908, Thomas Murray, a miner living at 9 Shuttle Row took drastic action to put food on the table. Shuttle Row, pictured around this time was a slum and conditions were most difficult. It was said that on that day, he approached the entrance to the nearby Linoleum […]
Prior to WW1, there were many slums in Blantyre, houses of such poor condition, condemned as unfit for human habitation, which unfortunately many families lived in and endured. One such property at the time was Shuttle Row and that building and its inhabitants is the subject of our story today. On Saturday 17th July 1909, […]
In 1909, Blantyre residents were in a quandary on a delicate matter around the town’s most famous son. Considerable interest was growing on the approaching 1913 centenary of David Livingstone’s birth and some residents wanted to explore the idea of creating a museum in his name. This is of course some 20 full years before […]
The final postcard in this series showing Shuttle Row, the former home of explorer David Livingstone. Look at the trees, tall and old. The one on the left looks like it would have been where the pavilions are now or perhaps slightly behind that location. Its a beautiful scene and one not so unchanged today. […]
The third from four photos of the David Livingstone National Memorial, now rebranded as the David Livingstone Birthplace. Of course, this is Shuttle Row, built in the late 18th Century, a couple of decades before David was born. The photo dates from the late 1950’s or early 1960s and people of a certain age may […]
Nestled in amongst the trees and natural beauty of the nearby River Clyde is Shuttle Row. This is the second in a series of four postcards from the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. The David Livingstone Footbridge is in the forefront, the previous bridge to the one in that location today. It’s a charming photo […]