At the end of January 1967, nearly 300 Blantyre pensioners were treated to a fantastic burns supper at Blantyre Miner’s Welfare at Calder Street. The event was hosted by Blantyre Old People’s Welfare Committee and featured prizes, raffles and entertainment. This is a long shot as many of these people would have been born […]
By the 1960s, Blantyre’s Pits had closed down, but even in the late 1960s, the old miners remembered their harder years by meeting up for annual outings. Such an event took place on Monday 24th June 1968, where a calvacade of 12 buses, some 500 people strong left from the Blantyre Miners Welfare on an […]
I have some excellent news! With the kind assistance of Blantyre Miners Welfare Community & Resource Centre, Calder Street, the Blantyre Project book is now available to be bought directly there! That is, you can pick up a copy of the book ANYTIME from the Centre. This is an important news story for The Blantyre […]