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We know there were many thousands of men who were killed in WW1 but the women who severed in various occupations don’t seem to have received the same deserved recognition. What about Blantyre WOMEN who fought in conflicts? Catherine Connor was born in Blantyre in approx. 1894 and served with the Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps. Catherine died on 30 May 1918 aged […]
I love this photo. The year is around 1900 and the scene is the front door of Shuttle Row, Blantyre Village works. Two women and a small child stand in the doorway looking across to the camera. A time before world wars, a time before aeroplanes and electricity or even water inside local homes. Clothes […]
This photo is a little bit of a mystery. Its in my family collection and is from 1931. However, there is nothing else on the photo to suggest where it is or whom it is. Does anybody know the location or who these Blantyre women were? Bit of a long shot, I admit, but worth […]