I’ve spent much of this year exploring the late Victorian era in Blantyre with enough stories and content to perhaps give you a flavour of life in the 1890’s for hard working mining families. But what about Christmas in Scotland in the 19th Century? I’ve been looking into traditions, and how some of the things […]
In December 1895, Mr Andrew Gibson, of Bowie’s Land, Blantyre recorded some anecdotes to lighten up the mood and entertain during the festive season. Two of his favourite recollections are preserved here: Fell Into Property Some years ago Mrs Bowie found herself in court as a judge asked, “It is not true though Mrs […]
Pictured here in the 1880’s is High Blantyre. To be more precise at Main Street looking towards Kirkton. This rare photo may look like a couple of others i’ve posted here, but I assure you it is a different one. You can see how young the trees are within the kirkyard by comparison to today. […]
In early February 2015, Blantyre man Jim Brown made an interesting discovery,whilst out taking pictures at Milheugh, near the River Calder. Posting it online prompted the interest of several people, myself included and so on 19th February 2015 (despite me suffering some eye problems), Jim Brown, Joey Campbell, Alex Rochead and myself set off to […]
I’ve been recently asked a few times about the large house that used to stand behind Bardykes Farm, across the river, behind modern Callaghan Wynd, most recently by Blantyre project reader Gillian Cunningham. I’ve never posted about this house previously for although it was accessed from Glasgow Road, it was officially in the Parish of […]