The last little batch of Tam Turnip’s anecodtes. Written in 1913, remembering back to Blantyre of the 1850s, he writes, “The “Blanter” mill workers were steady as a rule, but a few indulged on Saturday nights. Allan, the foreman, a very decent man, was suspected of getting his “mornin’” at Stonefield public-house on Sundays. The […]
Blantyre man “Tam Turnip” writes in 1913, just after the centenary of David Livingstone’s birth. “Mr Editor, — When writing testimonials, making presentations, or speaking of heroes, people naturally present the best side. It is not, therefore, surprising that there should be a sameness of appreciation in the thousands of speeches made about Dr Livingstone […]
Writing under the name of Tam Turnip, a Blantyre man published his diary in the Fifeshire Advertiser in 1913 remembering back to the 1850s and 60s. An extract written in old Scots tongue follows: “19th March, 1913. Editor, — I need hardly tell ye that it’s a hunner years this very day since David Livingstone […]
At High Blantyre Cross behind a large stone wall, is the old Blantyre Kirkyard, once the location of a church. At a time before the building of the present church, a previous church once stood in the middle of this kirkyard. This incredible photo shows the demolition of that former small church in the kirkyard […]