Due to prior commitments elsewhere, I’m unusually unable to attend the Remembrance Service in Blantyre this year, so ahead of the service at 3pm, wreaths were placed at both the Auchentibber and High Blantyre War Memorials. These wreaths are on behalf of the whole community, not just in Blantyre this year, but you’ll see I’ve […]
Today is remembrance Sunday. Blantyre remembers its war victims with 2 outdoor services on later today at 3.00pm at High Blantyre Cenotaph and at Auchentibber War Memorial. As always, on behalf of the whole community of Blantyre and of course those abroad who want to pay their respects, I’ve arranged for two beautiful wreaths. These […]
This morning, as with each year on this particular day, we remember the 215 men and boys who sadly lost their lives in the Blantyre Pit Disaster. At 8.45am on 22nd October 1877, a huge explosion caused by fire damp occurred in Pit 3, also significantly affecting Pit 2 in High Blantyre. Deep below the […]