I’m assured this photo represents the High Blantyre Railway Staff in 1920. I had some doubts about its authenticity as I knew the windows at the former High Blantyre Station were rectangular and not arched, however I suppose this could be the back of the building. The lamps certainly look like those used at […]
On 9th January 2015, April Leopold Hynes contacted me saying, “So excited to find this page! My family came from Blantyre in 1923 to US and they were the Strangs. Coal miners. Thomas J Strang and Margaret Hill Strang – children were Agnes (who died as a young girl) Thomas, James, Robert, Rosina and Mary.” […]
September 1946 and fortune smiles down on Logan Street, Blantyre. At his home at 55 Logan Street, Blantyre, Mr Joseph M’Graw, 42-year-old steelworker, won £2239 18s 8d in Strang’s Twopenny Points Pools! He told a reporter the money would be a godsend, as there was no pay coming into the home from that following week. […]