The newspaper clipping from June 1960 was shared by Sandy Wilkie to Blantyre Project. Sandy has been doing a bit of a clearout during lockdown and keeps unearthing some historical snippets. This is ‘Janet’ the last animal to pull a Wilkie horsedrawn milk cart! Janet was a 25 year old mare at the time who […]
So who are these two Blantyre boys so smartly dressed and enjoying a day out? The year is 1959 and they’re aboard the ‘Queen Mary 2’, Clyde Steamer on a Lanarkshire Farmers’ Sail. Why, it’s none other than Alex Rochead (left) and Sandy Wilkie! The ship was built on the Clyde in 1933 and carried […]
In March 1985, Blantyre and District Round Table held a Boxing Dinner and Cabaret at the County Inn in Cambuslang. Wilkie of Blantyre, the well known milk business invited along many local guests. Enjoying some hospitality were the following people, a good read as kindly sent in from Sandy Wilkie.
More 1978 weddings for you, the last for that year! Pictured is well known Blantyre man Sandy Wilkie of Bardykes Farm who married his beautiful bride, Miss Aisla Thomson of Carnwarth. Also that year, Blantyre couple, Mr Joseph Kane of Burnside Crescent married Miss Grace Keenan of Kirkwall Avenue, their wedding taking place at St Joseph’s […]
My friend Alex Rochead showed me this photo, kindly sent to him from Sandy Wilkie. It is of course a poster for the much remembered, Blantyre Highland Games. A great little piece of Blantyre nostalgia. Sandy was of course directly and primarily involved in the Highland Games, which took place for the first time in […]
What a fantastic photograph this is. It was taken in Dunblane Hydro Hotel in 1974, the event being Peter and Margaret Wilkie’s Silver Anniversary. A treasured photograph shared by their son, Sandy. Now, this photo reads like a real “whos who in Blantyre” of that year and as well as being a happy occasion […]
Peter, Margaret, Margo and Agnes Wilkie. (Is that Sandy on the far left?) Perhaps the family can tell us a little more about this lovely family photo? Shared by Sandy Wilkie. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said, Betty McLean Love the […]