With so much going on personally in April, I’ve decided against a book launch in a local venue and just going to quietly launch my exciting new book, here now online. NOW available on Amazon and available to buy HERE on this page’s shop, “Blantyre Glasgow Road South” is a fantastic, definitive new book on […]
I was looking through some old family festive photos, mainly of the early 1970’s and found these. Taken in 1971 and 1972 at 10 Stonefield Crescent, Blantyre. The little chap is me at 1 year old in 1971 and also a year later. It occurred to me how simpler Christmas was then. This is […]
Next, a music band, with rather a close family connection. Two members of this local band are my family members. My sister Lorna and her husband Andy McGregor. Wilburnsilver was an indie folk pop band. Andy MacGregor, from Stonefield Crescent, Blantyre was the band’s lead singer and songwriter. Andy hailing originally from Wishaw led the six-piece band […]
Can’t quite believe it’s so far into January already! The last few nights I’ve been filing away things from last year, tidying up my records etc and wanted to say thank you for all the support shown this last year. Let’s recap for a few moments…. Blantyre Project Websites To accommodate an expanding archive at Blantyre […]
Continuing my own look back at Christmas past. This time it’s a Veverka Christmas from 1991. A nice short post today, to let you all get back to your festivities. Out of many photographs, I’ve picked these two, which are favourites. In the group photo is me at the back (aged 20 and presumably after […]
Looking back on a family Christmas. This time, I’m turning the clocks back to December 2005, a full 10 years ago. Pictured here is myself, and my three younger brother and sisters, Ivan, Joanne and Lorna. This was at Stonefield Crescent at our parents home, both of whom at the time were still living. We […]
These are my family Photos dating from Christmas 1971. Pictured is Mary Duncan, my grandmother with all her grandchildren (at the time). Thats Rona and Kenneth MacFarlane, David, Allen and Douglas Glen, big baby is me and small baby is John Duncan. “Rags” the cat looking perplexed by the Christmas tree. Another photo of my and […]
Pictured here in mid October in my garden at High Blantyre Main Street, is a bag full of mushrooms! Now, i know what you’re thinking, and thats not why i was picking them. I usually find a few mushrooms growing in my grass in the dampness of October, but this year, with milder weather, […]