Katie Amelia has sent in this message hoping to trace a Blantyre relative. She told us, “I’m searching for a long lost Relative called James Graham ROSS born 1941-2. His mother would have been a Janet Carrick Miller who married Robert Cochrane who was James’s father. They divorced in 1950 and she met a William […]
An important post. Blantyre Telegraph’s Facebook Page is changing this evening to a new, improved model which will more directly support Blantyre good causes. As you’ll be aware, over the last 9 years, Blantyre Telegraph has been entirely FREE online, with over 20,000 posts made and not one penny taken for this service. A monumental […]
A few complaints coming in this week about discarded bottles and cans in the Greenhall Park area at High Blantyre. One man complained about the mess left lying around the grass. Another woman added, “Our dog, like most dogs love to play with these things, but cans especially can be really dangerous to dogs especially […]
A wee Blantyre boy, Liam has unfortunately had his bike stolen today, Monday 3rd August 2020. It went missing from his garden in Victoria Street and he is devastated. He uses his bike all the time and friends of the family hope this post will help find it. Its not the bike that was found […]
There’s been several reports of marked pigeons in various Blantyre gardens this last week. It’s unknown if they are lost or not, but they seem to have coloured rings on their feet. This latest one has been in a garden in Millands Avenue for a few days and has number 22 on its leg. Another […]
Further easing of Scottish Covid19 Restrictions have been announced today as Scots enter Phase 3 of the exit route map, a path to more normal times. By law, Scotland has to review the situation every 3 weeks and today, Thursday 9th July 2020 is the latest of these milestones. As always we’re summarising and bringing […]
Teachers and Schools are getting ready to make further extensive changes at local schools to keep children and families safe and well. Schools are taking guidance and advice from South Lanarkshire Council and making their plans for pupils returning in August. These plans will be communicated in detail in the coming weeks. We’ve learned that […]
It’s competition time! How would YOU like to win a family self catering holiday for up to 5 people in Scotland in 2021?! Korey recently won a weeks holiday in Lanarkshire’s Got TikTok Talent and the kind soul has donated the holiday to be raffled off hoping to raise more money for the NHS. For […]