I’ve been looking at the hardships in Blantyre during Summer 1894 when the Miners strike caused so many families to be starving and destitute. by August, things were so bad that the authorities sought to reduce the relief being given to the poor by sixpence, in order to help fund a further £40 towards the […]
STOLE GROCERIES FROM VAN . In 1952, John Lamond (36). 3 Craig Street, Dundee, and Samuel Wood (31). Lochlie Street. High Blantyre, were sent to prison for sixty days at Dundee Sheriff Court Wood was released from prison in January 1952. They admitted stealing groceries from stationary van opposite No. 47 Reform Street, and a […]