Join outdoor parties on Tuesdays throughout the summer holidays at the David Livingstone Centre for lots of outdoor fun! They’ll be spending the summer holidays poking around our grounds on the hunt for bugs and beasties. Expect pond-dipping, butterfly-catching and getting your wellies dirty. Suitable for primary school age children, who must be accompanied by an adult. Date(s): […]
Crossbasket Nursery recently had their Summer fete which proved a resounding success for all involved. The annual fete took place at the Nursery School on Stoneymeadow Road, High Blantyre a fortnight ago. Shona Young shared these photos with Blantyre Telegraph and told us, “Here are a few photos from our recent Summer Fayre. We had […]
WANTED : Custard Pie Throwers! Strange headline, but yes you read it right. As part of Blantyre Gala Day The National Autistic Society are hosting a summer ‘fun in the sun’ event in aid of South Lanarkshire NAS. During the gala day on 27th June, at David Livingstone Centre, they are staging a custard pie throwing contest and […]
Family Shopper Sponsored High Blantyre P7 Prom Today (20th June) saw High Blantyre Primary School, Primary 7’s have their prom party in Cemetery Hall, High Blantyre. A celebration of end of term, and indeed for these kids, end of Primary School. Sponsorship of the event was kindly made by the nearby Family Shopper. Family shopper proprietor […]
Blantyre is hosting their largest most exciting gala day in recent years. The Blantyre Community Committee have teamed up with the staff at the National Trust combining their events expertise, to host a spectacular gala day at David Livingstone Cente grounds on Saturday 27th June 2015. The activities commence at 11am from Blantyre Miner’s Welfare […]
Three archaeology trenches have been opened up this week at Bothwell Castle. Historic Scotland are digging there this week and will be there until Saturday 20th June at 4pm. The dig team have already found pottery, some as old as 700 years and continue to make daily finds this week. The public are invited along […]
DM Hair and Beauty of 64, Coatshill Avenue, Blantyre have kindly offered a further prize pampering session for the 4 lucky young girls taking part in the Blantyre Gala Day. They’re inviting the girls along to get their hair styled, before the Gala day, on the morning of Saturday 27th June 2015. Invites go out […]
Kilbryde Hospice officially launched their Summer Car Raffle at the start of June and hope to raise much needed funds for the hospice throughout the months of June, July and August. The hospice has managed to secure two amazing prizes thanks to Phoenix Cars, British Airways and The Blue Parrot Company. The first prize is […]