We were saddened to learn yesterday, that there was one minor upset at last Saturday’s excellent Gala Day. Unfortunately, whilst 3,000 – 3,500 people of our community came together and had fun in the sun, one lowlife individual decided to rob the purse of a 15 year old volunteer. As this young lady from Blantyre […]
Thanks to Councillor John McNamee who stopped off to pick up a copy of the new Blantyre Telegraph NEWSPAPER (and for the nice review below). Blantyre’s new newspaper was on sale at yesterday’s gala and in the collection tins ended up £105, with every penny of the paper sales going to The Haven Charity in Victoria […]
The Morrison’s Foundation donated over a fantastic £18,000 to Kilbryde Hospice on Friday 26th June, David Gardner, Morrison’s Managing Director for Scotland handed the cheque over to Kilbryde Hospice Chief Executive Gordon McHugh and Chairman Dennis Gallagher. The donation, which was secured following an application by the hospice, will be used to expand their weekly Music […]
David Livingstone centre, Blantyre has received a grant of £334,000, from lottery funding. The grant will allow the trust, which runs the Centre to take forward their bid for £3.5m from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The museum at Shuttle Row is the birthplace of David Livingstone and is run by the National Trust for Scotland and South Lanarkshire […]