In December 1892, Mr. Forrest, a contractor, accidentally left his expensive watch on a railway carriage buffer while working at High Blantyre Station. After realizing it was missing, he searched the area and eventually found it lying on the track about half a mile away, making it a fortunate recovery.
The evening 13th March 1896, and various prominent men from the Parish headed to Hillside Cottage at the bottom of Sydes Brae to visit Neil Douglas at his home. Amongst them were Mr Craig a neighbour at Bellsfield, Mr Adam of Shott, Menzies & Stewart of Eastbank and Dr Grant. In the name of themselves […]
Entrusted with a watch, albert and badge by a compatriot to keep for him whilst he underwent a 30 day prison sentence, Adam Brown a Polish miner of Broompark Place pawned the articles on the 4th February 1908. This was the very day after his pal had asked him to keep them for him. Adam […]
In early August 1908, the hay at Low Blantyre was being cut and stacked. Hard work for all the farm hands, made all the more difficult by a period of prolonged, warm weather. This story takes place near Blantyre Mill Farm, just off Station Road in fields which would later be occupied by village housing. […]
A kind Blantyre Project reader, Henrik bought this watch several years ago on eBay and has shared the pictures here. Wanting to know more he googled it and ended up on Blantyre Project website. The watch was presented to schoolboy Robert Laird, for 5 years perfect attendance at Low Blantyre School. (Ness’s School at the […]
A watch was amongst 39 relics of David Livingstone loaned to the David Livingstone Memorial Centre on Friday 17th March 1967. Dr Hubert F Wilson, the missionary’s grandson (pictured left) os seen here handing the watch to Robert C Mackie, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Livingstone Trust. The relics were previously […]
In mid March 2016, I was contacted by James Bridges who wrote, “Hi Paul. I work at an auctioneers in Guernsey, the Channel Islands – we have just had a gold pocket watch consigned with an interesting inscription related to the Stonefield Independent Co-Operative Society, dated 1889 and presented to Mr. F. McDade. The inscription is beautifully […]