On Wednesday 29th April 1907, a tragic accident happened in the village in Blantyre which left a lot of the community saddened. This event took place 115 years ago today. The Lee family lived on the third floor of the Ulva Place tenement. During that Monday afternoon, Mrs Lee, wife of William Lee a steelworker, […]
This wonderful photo shared kindly by Anthony Smith is the River Clyde at Blantyre. Taken in World War Two during 1942 the view looks to the bend on the Clyde not far from the Village. High up on the hillside on the left are the villas of Rosebank Avenue and to their right, the […]
Pictured in 1903 looking down Station Road is the Village, Blantyre. Beyond the circular former gatehouse to Blantyre works, is the Village Bar and behind that the three storey tenements of Ulva Place. Ulva Place was a former street in theVillage. It was more of a cul de sac. Leading eastwards off of Station Road, […]
A blood transfusion on a young Blantyre married woman, who apparently the time of the operation was dead, was successful on 26th October 1933 and she was taken home to recover. The operation was performed on a Mrs Reid, who resided at Ulva Place, Low Blantyre. When she became ill, an urgent telephone message was sent to […]
Margaret Chalmers recently sent in a few family photos of her Blantyre family, The Patersons who lived in Ulva Place. Pictured in the family photo here in the 1930’s are the family of Patersons. Margaret told me, “Ulva Place was near David Livingstone Memorial Centre. My mother is at the bottom right, Isobel Paterson the […]