Penny Robertson, who lives in Australia sent in this wonderful photo this week, adding, “I have just discovered your website and have been fascinated to read about the history of Blantyre. My grandfather was Daniel Sprott (a brother of William Sprott who was killed in the Auchinraith Coal disaster of 1930). My grandmother was Margaret […]
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1880 Bible at Stonefield Parish
Lorraine Brown shared these photos with me recently, mentioning she had found the old bible at St Andrews Parish Church. As can be seen from the inscription, it was the ministers bible, dating from 1880. The bible was bought by the ladies of the newly formed Stonefield Parish Church that year in Glasgow Road. […]