This sad scene was a very busy funeral cortege as Blantyre suffered another terrible mining tragedy in 1930. Six men lost their lives at Auchinraith Colliery on 30th August 1930 and a few days later the dead were buried. Mass crowds lined Auchinraith Road to pay their respects, of which those pictured represented just some […]
From the 1910’s, whilst this photo is marked Blantyre Vics, I’m not sure it is, for I don’t remember reading about Vics playing in hoops ever. It could possibly be Blantyre Celtic or most likely another local team. Mr Daniel Sprott is pictured second from the left, second row wearing a strip next to the […]
Three WW2 photos next shared by Penny Robertson. Her father William Sprott taught flying during WW2 for the RAF and is pictured in the first photo at a desk. There is a publication called “Australians at War” and this photograph is featured in a chapter on the Empire Training Scheme. W.Sprott (aged 22) who was […]
Another absolutely fantastic photo of an Edwardian outing by Stonefield Parish Church. Taken prior to WW1, the location is unknown but I think looks like nearby Bothwell Castle. The outing by the Church has all attendees dressed in their Sunday finery. Almost all men and women are wearing hats, the fashionable accessory of the era. […]
Some further photos with a Blantyre connection, from reader Penny Robertson who lives in Australia. Penny’s grandmother Margaret McQuater is pictured aged 22 and then later in life with her husband Daniel Sprott (also of Blantyre) but by that time pictured after they emigrated to Australia. Daniel Sprott, Penny’s grandfather pictured lost his brother William […]
Penny Robertson who lives in Australia has shared this wonderful photo of her family members who once lived in Blantyre. The photo is of Stonefield Parish Church Outing, just before WW1. The location is unknown but it looks like the boys have brought along some footballs for a summer ‘kick about’. In the middle I […]
Sprott’s Buildings Sprott’s Buildings were former double storey stone tenements with frontage on at 127-137 Glasgow Road. Smaller than nearby Avon and Henderson’s Buildings they date from the same approximate era. In the 1870’s, George Sprott (b1822) who had previously been a miner changed profession and became a shoemaker, taking opportunity to be […]