Bookbug has returned to Blantyre Library at its new venue. Join the storytime sessions every Monday and Friday at 10:30am at Blantyre Leisure Centre, Glasgow Road, Blantyre. It’s a great opportunity for young children to enjoy stories, songs, and plenty of smiles.
What better way to start a sunny, scorching weekend? Get all your summer essentials delivered in a snap or pop into Spar Blantyre and pick them up. Everything you need for your outdoor party. Disposable BBQs, charcoal, ice poles, and suncream plus loads more! http://www.snappyshopper.co.uk/stores/spar-blantyre-4191
Pupils from S4 at Calderside Academy participated in a litter-picking event around Glasgow Road to support their ASDAN Silver Award. The weather was favorable, providing a great day for community service. Their efforts significantly improved the area’s appearance, earning praise for their hard work and dedication. Well done to all!
A gang, including Lauren Neary and Robert Faulds, was sentenced for a brutal attack on an off-duty police officer in Blantyre. Neary received six years and Faulds eight years in prison. The officer suffered severe injuries requiring surgery, leaving him permanently disfigured and unable to return to frontline policing.
Blantyre Basketball team, Kirkton Cobras are looking for new players to join their Under 12s and Under 14s teams. They told us, “Our Under 12s are open to both boys and girls from 7 – 11 years old, sessions are on Wednesdays from 6pm until 8pm at John Ogilvie High School.” “Our Under 14s boys […]
Carrigans at Broompark Road, Blantyre are looking to hire temporary bar Staff. Flexible, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. If interested please contact: sharonfeechan@hotmail.com Get in touch! Carrigans, 100 Broompark Rd, Blantyre, Glasgow G72
Lanarkshire towns have been rated to find the happiest place to live….and guess what….Blantyre has come 5th in the list! The locations were rated in a poll by Furniturebox ranked for availability of good schools, affordable housing, quality pubs, restaurants, shops and cultural attractions plus the beauty and green spaces of the areas. In Blantyre […]
Today, we remember the 215 Blantyre men and boys who lost their lives in the Blantyre Pit Disaster of 1877. To this day, it remains Scotland’s largest mining accident. In one instant moment at 8.45am on 22nd October 1877, 147 years ago today, almost 6% of Blantyre’s entire population at the time was wiped out […]