I love this photo. Not just because it’s unusually happy with a rare smile for the era, but it exudes charm, warmth and of course she’s a Blantyre woman. This photo has been coloured by Scotland Colourised and is from the ‘David Ritchie’ collection of Blantyre photos, meaning remarkably it was photographed sometime between 1890 […]
Photos of Dixon’s Colliery Pit 2 are few and far between. The colliery sat high on elevated ground at the bottom of Sydes Brae overlooking High Blantyre. To put this photo in context , you have to imagine a time before the Expressway and in context the Big H roundabout at the end of Douglas […]
A photo of a Blantyre woman from the 1920’s. A mystery woman, unidentified but was in Margaret Stwart’s photo album. The outdoor location unknown too. Shown here in a long shot, just in case somebody recognises a grandmother or mother. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our […]
In 1826, the Westmorland Gazette ran a story about a Blantyre woman. Reprinted below in it’s entirety. “There is an old woman living at Blantyremoor, parish of Blantyre rather a singular character. She is eighty years of age – she never drunk a cup of tea, never had a tea cup or had a tea […]
This rather interesting advert was published within “Nurse the Patient” a Blantyre publication from 1908 by Blantyre Nursing Association. The booklet itself was distributed by local cottage hospitals and was aimed primarily at local women. The advert in particular is for “The Syracuse Easy Washing Machine”, a new gadget that aided washing. The device could […]