This remarkable photo dates from around 1910. Pictured is Shuttle Row, Low Blantyre. Former birthplace of David Livingstone and captured in this scene a full 18 years before the building was turned into a museum. I hope like myself, this is the first time you may have seen this rare photo. A group of boys […]
This rather interesting advert was published within “Nurse the Patient” a Blantyre publication from 1908 by Blantyre Nursing Association. The booklet itself was distributed by local cottage hospitals and was aimed primarily at local women. The advert in particular is for “The Syracuse Easy Washing Machine”, a new gadget that aided washing. The device could […]