I love things like this! Blantyre Project reader, Helen Jackson lives in Queensland, Australia and having ancestry and family from Blantyre, Scotland she has called her house over in Australia, ….”Blantyre“! Here’s the house sign which is proudly displayed outside, all those miles away. During the 19th and early 20th Century, Helen’s family, the Jacksons […]
The “Welcome to Blantyre” sign at the north western end of Glasgow Road was refurbished in April 2013 for the bi-centenary of David Livingstone’s birth. Unfortunately the designers made a mistake in the sign (although not many people notice it). The picture of David Livingstone is meant to be superimposed on a map of Africa as seen in […]
How strange this photo looks. Back in 2011, this photo was taken from Glasgow Road by local man Jim Brown. The more observant of you will notice that there’s something strange going on here, with the sign clearly saying “David Livingstone Memorial Primary School”, yet the school is most definitely St Joseph’s Primary School! Of […]
The main photo of the Auchentibber Inn was captured in 1908 by High Blantyre photographer David Ritchie. Incredibly, the photo can be zoomed in to see some finer details. What is revealed is tells an important part of the story. J.B.H Struthers acquired the Auchentibber Inn from Flora McIntyre in the final months of the […]
With the right hand side of the 18th Century farmhouse Croftfoot, High Blantyre now finally renovated, this Spring saw a return of life to this building. The renovation undertaken by myself in 2014 transformed the derelict property in a modern Studio attached to our own home. Springtime 2015, finally saw new signs going up, which […]
Here’s the “Welcome to Blantyre” sign. Photographed here in 2014 by Robert Stewart, the sign was erected in 2012, a year ahead of the 200th anniversary of Livingstone’s birth. There are a few of these dotted around the town, most noticeably in Glasgow Road. I’m glad to see they are faring well, still standing and […]