Two years on, we’re looking back at some photos of Blantyre during May 2020. How different is was. Most shops and businesses closed. Holidays cancelled, airports closed and even then before facemasks, the world was just a little bit frightening for most people. There’s little reminder needed that we were then still in the first […]
Things are looking decidedly tidier this evening at the Village, after the grass was cut at the David Livingstone Birthplace. This morning, Tuesday 15th September 2020 some of the kind volunteers at East Kilbride Young Farmers popped over to Blantyre to cut the grass. We’re sure you’ll agree this has made a big difference. Thanks […]
We’ve had a few enquiries from Blantyre residents wondering when their post lockdown grass will be cut by the council. Please be aware, you can directly request via a form at the council here https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/forms/form/164/ rather than contacting us. The grass WAS long as we all know. Have YOUR say. Where in Blantyre still has […]
As we all emerge from lockdown, there are parts of Blantyre (like everywhere else) now very overgrown. The Council have been out cutting the main public parks and are now turning their attention to verges and other council owned grassland spaces. Before they do, we’re looking for YOUR photos of all the overgrown areas of […]