Continuing the look at how Shuttle Row changed from slum to museum. As we approach the end of this account, Rev James Macnair wrote in 1943 about events around the opening in October 1929. “The visit of Her Royal Highness to Blantyre and district created keen interest. Royalty had not been in that neighbourhood for […]
Continuing a look at how Shuttle Row was changed from slum to museum in 1929. A written account from 1943 by Rev. James McNair explained the efforts made. “The events described in the foregoing chapters had been spread over about three years. The chief reason for this delay, which was not actually harmful to us, […]
Continuing a look at how the David Livingstone Centre came to be. Written in 1943 by Rev James Macnair, this transcript documents the efforts made to save and turn Shuttle Row into a museum in 1929. Today, the story of how manuscripts and other gifts were obtained. “The Memorial Trust has been markedly fortunate in […]
Things are changing in Blantyre with the imminent re-opening of Shuttle Row Museum rebranded now as David Livingstone Birthplace. Over the next couple of weeks, to celebrate the re-opening I’ll be telling the story in detail of how the Museum came about, charting its successes and struggles, archiving in writing how it looked and what […]