Run by Blantyre Round Table, the 1989 saw the 3rd annual Blantyre Highland Games in the fields at Bardykes, on the lower slopes behind Wilkies Farm. Jim Cochrane has kindly shared these photos here. Do you recognise anybody? Feel free to tag them. The stars that particular year were Hercules the Bear and various members […]
1989 Twenty six years ago this week at Blantyre Highland Games in the field beside Wilkies Farm, this photo was taken. Jón Páll Sigmarsson 3rd runner up in the world strongman competition, signs autographs. He was every bit the showman. During a deadlift event in the 1985 World’s Strongest Man competition, someone in the audience […]