Wow look at this! This beautiful weather has been giving some stunning sunrises and sunsets this week over Blantyre. Like this beautiful scene photographed last night (Friday) at Victoria Street by Ainsley Dalton. Better make the most of the weather this weekend though! Things are looking a little more unsettled and cooler from Monday night.
The latest edition of “The Chronicle”, the quarterly magazine for South Lanarkshire Seniors is now freely available to download from our website here: https://theblantyretelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Chronicle-Spring-Issue-12.pdf Some elderly people currently housebound or without internet, may appreciate this fantastic, informative FREE magazine being printed off and posted to them.
Blantyre Telegraph can reveal that M&D (Leisure) ltd who operate Scotlands themepark and the Alona Hotel in Strathclyde Park has today gone into administration. The family-run business who run the Alona Hotel and the themepark had been struggling financially in recent years and the Covid19 situation has only made things worse. In March, they took […]
The UK has now officially announced that its current lockdown measures to tackle Coronavirus, WILL be extended for another 3 weeks. The news was delivered by Dominic Raab at 5.05pm and was widely expected. This means that another review will be due on Thursday 7th May 2020. Lockdown conditions remain the same with no lifting of […]
There were some strange “goings on” down the Calder today, Tuesday 14 April amidst the Springtime sunshine! This was the scene at Barnhill and Milheugh. Dozens of action figures and superheroes seem to have infiltrated the woodland around Blantyre, in trees, on walls and fences and causing some puzzlement, even amusement to people out taking […]
Gillian Kilgour and the wonderful staff team at Woodlands Nursery Centre have created a photo montage for their children and commented they’re currently all missing them very much. Gillian told us, “We hope it brings joy and happiness to our children and their families during this very challenging time.” They’ve also created a video available […]
Tonight would for many people under ‘normal circumstances’, have been the start of a long weekend of Easter Holidays. Tomorrow is good Friday and we hope you all have a Happy Easter. Public holiday days coming and going are a reminder of course of the liberties most of us have currently given up. They may […]
The clocks change tonight and lighter nights are coming! With more time spent at home, you might have noticed the evenings gradually becoming lighter as springtime arrives, which also means it’s time to change the clocks by an hour, signalling the start of British Summer Time. Although it happens every year, some people still forget […]