On 5th October 1929, the Royal Highness the Duchess of York (Queen mum to you and I) officially opened the David Livingstone Memorial. More commonly known today as “The David Livingstone Centre”. Following the opening ceremony outside, where large crowds attended, the Duchess was given a tour of Shuttle Row, which for the first time […]
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My Worldly Goods
Mr William Sharp was a Blantyre man. During the General work strikes of 1921 William and his family lived in a small , cramped and basic room in Shuttle Row, Blantyre Works Village, in the very same building as David Livingstone did 100 years earlier. William was thankful for what he had, which was, by […]

