Victor Silvinski shared this amazing black and white photo. Taken in the 1950’s , his family were professional acrobats, originally coming to Blantyre in 1901. They were always on the lookout for places to train for shows that would take them all over the world. Like this photo, one handed handstands on the edge of […]
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Silvinski Acrobats
Victor Silvinski shared these amazing photos of his very interesting family. He told me, “I was born above the old railway cafe at High Blantyre which was condemned and derelict in 1932. We later moved to 27 Park Crescent. My family came from Lithuania in 1901 to work in the Blantyre mines. My dad was […]