Exploring the life of another Blantyre person. From the Hamilton Advertiser 11/7/1925. Page 2. BLANTYRE FOLK – ALEXANDER WATSON COAL MINER OF AUCHENTIBBER VILLAGE. DEATH OF MR ALEXANDER WATSON “Only a week ago it was our pleasant duty to chronicle the opening of Auchentibber Welfare Institute under the most happy auspices; to-day it is our sad lot to […]
What a great WW1 photo of Arthur Leggat of Springpark, Auchentibber shared here by Isabella Fleming via Alex Rochead! I had wondered what the little separate satchels were for on the leather band around his chest? Carmen King Gallagher provided the answer by telling me, “Around 1903 the Bandolier was used in the Second Boer […]
An absolutely beautiful photo of “Springpark”, an old house in Auchentibber, which still exists today. Photographed here in a prime condition in 1978. (was that really 40 years ago!?) Constructed between 1832 and 1850, Springpark was at one time a Public House. By 1859, Springpark was noted in the Parish records as being a Pub, […]
Norma Marr in Canada emailed me these wonderful photos of Springpark, taken in the 1950’s in Auchentibber, High Blantyre. She told me, “I am attaching two images of Springpark — my auntie Gina (Georgina Patrick) was born in this house. I also have the same image of the Auchentibber Inn that you have, it is a […]
Its great when people take time to send in their treasured family photos of places, people and events in Blantyre. I take some delight in being able to share those kind of photos here and whilst there may not be a lot of narrative to such personal memories for people, I’m sure you’ll agree its […]
I was sent this same photo by two different people, both Alex Rochead and Isabel Fleming, and was able to put them both into contact with each other, as clearly there were people in their ancestry line who were common to both families and a very strong chance that Isabel of East Kilbride and Alex […]
<<< Back to Schools Adjacent to the site of “Springpark Pub” on the southern side of Auchentibber Road. First mentioned in Blantyre’s history, proposed in February 1879. Built in 1880 after intervention by Father Peter Donnelly of St Josephs RC Church. This was to be a small school to assist the families that lived in […]