Here’s an interesting wee story. On Saturday 30th September 1916, Mr Robert McKenzie of 56 Hall Street, Dixon’s Rows walked into a licensed Blantyre grocers not knowing that he was being watched. That evening, outside Alexander McCluskey’s licensed grocers shop were two policemen watching carefully who was going in. Inspector John Syme and Detective Sergeant […]
In December 1895, Mr Andrew Gibson, of Bowie’s Land, Blantyre recorded some anecdotes to lighten up the mood and entertain during the festive season. Two of his favourite recollections are preserved here: Fell Into Property Some years ago Mrs Bowie found herself in court as a judge asked, “It is not true though Mrs […]
In early April 1926, Mr. Anthony Barnett, a young miner living at 21 Forrest Place, High Blantyre, was fined 40s, or ten days’ imprisonment, at Hamilton Sheriff Court in connection with a burglary at the Livingstonia Vaults, 102 Glasgow Road, Blantyre, belonging to Mr John Forbes. In the early hours of the morning of Saturday […]
This wonderful photo originated from Kenneth McVicar and came to me via Historic Hamilton. In the early 1960’s an accident involving a lorry and the side of the Bothwell Bridge took place. Whilst nobody was injured too badly, the contents of the lorry spilled out over the bridge and into the River Clyde below. […]
At the Hamilton J.P. Court, on Monday 28th January 1929, a charge was made against Hugh McKenna, a publician residing at Uddingston for having sold exciseable liquor after 9 p.m. from his public bar in Blantyre. Hugh was the landlord and owner of the Auchinraith Vaults at High Blantyre, which in more modern times […]