Going to four local weddings from 1968. First up is Betty Finlay and James McCaskie. James of Stonefield Place married Salsburgh woman, Betty at Blantyre Old Parish Church. They’re pictured here cutting their cake. Next is Nancy Barr and James Campbell. Nancy from Hamilton married James of Waverley Terrace also in 1968. They were married […]
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1967 Weddings of Blantyre Folk
Let’s go to 1967 today and a few weddings of Blantyre Folk. First up is Miss Agnes Neilson of Park Lane. Agnes married Mr Arthur Hills at Stonefield Parish Church. Her beaming smile shows what a happy day this was. Also married that year was Blantyre man Angus Sillars of Orchard Drive. He married Cathkin […]
1968 Weddings of Blantyre Folk
A few weddings next from 1968. First up we have Gail Templeton who married Walter Craigie. Wed in Motherwell, it was Walter who was from Blantyre. From Hazelwood Drive. The next couple are Janet Branklin and James McBride. The couple, both from Knightswood Terrace, Blantyre were married in St Josephs Church on Glasgow Road. The […]
1967 Weddings of Blantyre Folk
Next, we have a few weddings from 1967. First up is Miss Ann Wallace of Glasgow Road, Blantyre who married Mr Alistair Walker of Home Farm, Douglas. The couple were married at Anderson Church on Stonefield Road. Alistair was a constable with Lanarkshire County Police stationed at Cambuslang but was in the process of moving to […]
1968 Weddings of Blantyre Folk
Going back now to the 1960s and three weddings of Blantyre folk. These weddings all being held in 1968. Blantyre man John Dobbie of Southview married Hamilton lady, Agnes Cassidy. Photo was by Studio Paris. Southampton man Alan Kinchington married Blantyre lady, Martha Turkington. The couple married at Hamilton Registry office. and finally but by […]
1980 Blantyre Weddings
Let’s have some more Blantyre Weddings! To 1980 next…. First up is Miss Andreena Geddes who lived in Hardie Street. She married sweetheart Cameron Black from Clydebank. The couple married in High Blantyre. Next, is Miss Ann Symons of Stanley Place how married EK man Neil Durie. The couple married at the Congregational Church. As […]
Weddings of Blantyre Folk, 1968
Jean Buchanan of Whitehill married James McSkimming of Calder Street, Blantyre in 1968, marrying in Burnbank. Colette Lawlor and Richard Braidwood both of Belvoir Place married in 1968 at Livingstone Memorial Church. Do you know any of the couples. Their photos are added to the archive. If as always, anybody featured here does not want […]
Weddings Blantyre Folk, 1980
Some weddings of Blantyre folk who were married in 1980. First up is James Craig from 62 Station Road who married Hamilton lady Modena Spears. The couple married in David Livingstone Church on Glasgow Road. Jean Kyle of Auchentibber Court, High Blantyre married George Lawson, from Douglas. The couple married in 1980 in Burnbank. and […]
Weddings Blantyre Folk 1967
Today we’re featuring some weddings from Blantyre folk, going back to 1967. First up are Mr. G.Stanley Preston and Shona Campbell. Mr Preston at time of his wedding lived at 72 Farm Road, Blantyre and his bride being from Stonehouse, they married there. Miss Mary Morrison of 23 Poplar Place , Blantyre married Whitehill man […]