A few more Blantyre weddings for you today. All from 1967. First pictured is Mr Walter McCart of 10 Chestnut Grove, Blantyre who married Miss Margaret McLean at Castlemilk. Also in 1967, Miss Sian Evans of 5 Earnock Street, Burnbank married Joseph Jones of 1 Berkley Drive. The couple were married in St Josephs […]
On 17th January 15, Rosemary Harper contacted me with the following message and photo, “Hi Paul, My Husband’s grandfather, Samuel Alexander Brown (1878 – 1921) was born in Glasgow, Scotland. In his later years he ran a shop. I was never able to pin down exactly where the shop was but, have recently established that […]
It’s important that the “old stories” and “anectodes” of old Blantyre are told over again. These tales and legends shouldn’t be lost in our busy, daily lives. The Annals of Blantyre book of 1883 gives an account of a story passed down from 1745. Printed in full as follows: “Mr Moore of Greenhall has a […]