Blantyre Community Committee is bringing back the amazing Fairground to the David Livingstone Centre. There’s just 27 days left until the Summer Gala Weekend. Are you ready?
Blantyre Gala – 27 days to go!
Category: Events
Gala Royals – search is on
Blantyre Community Committee have today announced they’re looking for Blantyre kids to be crowned this years Gala King, Queen, Lord, Lady, Prince & Princess Blantyre. SIX lucky children will be chosen by the Committee to be crowned in this years Summer Gala on Sunday 11th June 2017. The Committee are looking for 3 boys and […]
Auchentibber War Memorial
Following our poll a few weeks ago regarding proposals for renovating or rebuilding Auchentibber War Memorial, the results are now in. We’ve written up a 2 page report which is available upon request. 144 people took part, so we’d like to say thanks for their time and valuable input. There was very little support for […]
High Blantyre Lights on
Today, Saturday 19th November 2016 saw the Festive Lights at High Blantyre Main Street, switched on by the council, as part of their switch on throughout Lanarkshire. Main Street is tonight lit up and we have to say the tree at Kirkton Cross does look wonderful! It’s a slightly larger tree than previous years and has […]
Final Festive Touches
Blantyre Community Committee are once again putting their final touches on months of hard work for the Blantyre Festive Lights Switch on. The event is the fifth year they have hosted the free, successful community event which is open to all residents in the town. In previous years the Community Committee have funded infrastructure for […]
Lights Switch on – 3 weeks to go!
With Halloween and Guy Fawkes out the way, thoughts are soon going to turn to Christmas. Did you know Blantyre’s FESTIVE event and Christmas market is in 3 weeks from today! Crowds are once again expected to be around 3,000 people! Sunday 27th November from midday will see one of the largest Festive Markets in […]
Tae Kwon Do Champions
Blantyre School of Grandmaster Hee Il Cho`s Tae Kwon Do won 20 medals from 2 recent competitions, had a parent and student class, flew to Ireland and are getting ready for their next belt testing. On April the 17th Cho`s Blantyre School attended the AIMAA Scottish Open Championships in Greenock which saw over 120 competitors […]
Blantyre Summer Gala Update
People in and around Blantyre will be thrilled to know the Blantyre Summer Gala plans are progressing well for Saturday 9th July 2016. A spokesperson for Blantyre Community Committee (BCC) stated, “Summer Gala Update: As you can imagine with the various staff changes and things going on at the David Livingstone Centre, the logistics and […]