When sad conversations about drownings in Blantyre arise with me, people sometimes say, “there must have been over a dozen or more people drowned over the years.” or statements of similar numbers. That’s unfortunately wildly understated. There have literally been hundreds of drownings in Blantyre rivers over the centuries. One such story recorded the tragic […]
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Walkers Buildings, Glasgow Road
‘Walkers Buildings’ were named after constructor James Walker, who was one half of a former joinery partnership named “J&J Walker (based in Larkfield).” James Walker born in Motherwell in 1843 lived at the bottom of Stonefield Road, the neighbour of the Craig family and was a joiner by trade. Around 1877, the […]


