On Sunday 18th January 2015, I was visited by George Park and his elderly mother and her sister at my home in High Blantyre. We shared a great afternoon where I was intrigued by some of the stories and tales they were able to tell me. George’s mother is in her 90s and originally from […]
Tag: wartime
A.R.P’s working in the dark
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 ” […]
Wartime Battles Celebrated
A sunny Summer’s day in Blantyre June 1943 was the venue for a wartime celebration. To commemorate the victories of the British Eighth Army and the Russian Army at Stalingrad, two trees were planted on Saturday 19th June 1943 at Low Blantyre Public Park. Both trees were planted by the Fifth Lanark District Council. Major […]