In May 1977, Strathclyde Regional Council came up against a public outcry that roads in Blantyre were only being done up because a royal visit of the Queen Mother was due. After years of neglect, council workers were spotted nearly every day in April and May out in various Blantyre streets, prompting residents to complain […]
No wonder Bill Cunningham, warden of the Livingstone memorial looks confused in this great picture from February 1980! The book that arrived in the centre explaining the life story of David Livingstone was written entirely in Japanese. Bill explained, “we had a request from an author in Tokyo who wanted to bring Livingstone’s story to […]
Mr. Robert. C McCallum was the first warden/curator of the Livingstone National Memorial (The David Livingstone Centre) working there during the latter part of 1929, from before the centre opened in October and throughout the 1930’s. He was a member of the South Dalziel Church, Motherwell, a Motherwell man at heart who once lived […]
During 1941, forty A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions) wardens of No. 3 Post, Blantyre, were very much annoyed over the cutting off of the electric light at their post. The post was on ground owned by the local Community Service Organisation, and was fitted up by the County Council’s own tradesmen. The head warden told ” […]