As you’re probably aware, I like to research and record notes about former prominent men and women in Blantyre, to expand the archive and create further reference notes. Of course, it also remembers their legacy, hopefully in a poignant manner too. Residents in Blantyre were upset to learn of the death of Mr William Thomson […]

Mr. William Thomson of Stonefield Road died suddenly in his own house on Monday 5th February 1900. He had been troubled for quite some time by a heart affliction but it was thought that his employment in the fresh air would have had a beneficial effect. Up to the end of 1899, he had been […]