Looking through some more photos. This one is a cracker! Nice and clear and detailed and is of course, the David Livingstone Centre. Perhaps taken in the 1940’s, judging by the car and styles. Now rebranded as David Livingstone Birthplace and currently undergoing renovation, I’m looking forward to this re-opening and once again being a […]
Here’s a great photo you may not have seen before. The year is 1951, almost 70 years ago. The back of Shuttle Row at the Village got an overhaul with the slope regraded and site cleared, with a new retaining wall built. Workmen were actually doing this at the time of the photo. It’s an […]
This photo from the 1930s is of course Shuttle Row, Low Blantyre and in particular the very room where famous explorer David Livingstone was born in 1813. It’s a busy photo and there’s more than a hint of trying to cram many museum artefacts into the small space, something which happened for decades afterwards too. […]
I’d never seen this photo before until recently. Shuttle Row, the birthplace of David Livingstone. The installation of the turnstyles would suggest its after 1929 when the museum opened. The vehicle perhaps from the 1930s or 40s. Looks like it needs a whitewash too. The picture is full of character, the car certainly helping this […]
This scene is from around the 1910’s. Beyond the River Clyde on the Blantyre side of the river are the ruins of Blantyre Mills and up on the hill, Shuttle Row, the birthplace of Livingstone which was thankfully saved. The mills were demolished in 1903 leaving nothing much but the wages building (i’ve still to […]
David Livingstone Birthplace – Progress Photo update Here’s a wee look inside and around Shuttle Row. Latest photos of the ongoing renovation of the David Livingstone Birthplace. Due to re-open in Summer 2020, good progress with the new path layout is shown here. I look forward to seeing this all landscaped. They’re doing a […]
Following 1900, Shuttle Row (the birthplace of David Livingstone) was in a poor condition. Damp, poorly lit with much room for improving sanitary conditions. In this photo from over a hundred years ago women and children stand at the doorway (I’ve reason to suspect the far off figures may be the Dunsmuir Family). This photo […]