Serving
you better... and putting Blantyre on the World Wide Web!
Blantyre's Ain Website... Blantyre, Scotland
Birth place of the famous Explorer and Missionary, David Livingstone,
Blantyre offers a myriad of historical events and characters that can
stretch the imagination.
You only
have to go for a pint in any of the numerous Pubs and listen to the
yarns about the old times and the debates about where the oldest house
is, or the origin of the name, "Blantyre".
The purpose
of this web site, Bla'an'tir's Ain Website, is to create some
local spirit and give the community a voice and focal point. Residents
are invited to visit the Blantyre Forum and air their views about whatever they like.
Why not go back in time and enjoy some Archives from local newspapers about Blantyre Folk.
Kids can
have a safe haven and lots of fun in the Kids
Korner and even have live chat with their friends.
And, what
is probably quite unique, Residents of Blantyre can have their families
Memorial posted In Loving Memory complete with a photograph of the Headstone, for all the world to see.
This means that families abroad can "visit" the graveyard
and pay their respects by logging on to the site.
Not forgetting,
'our best friends', Pet's Corner is where you can immortalise your family pet, just send in a photo
and your poem or memories...
If you
have missed a birthday or special event and even Asda is closed! Don't
panic, just go to Send a Card and you're off the hook.
Finally,
this web site could not exist if it were not for the local businesses
and tradesmen who sponsor it through their advertising.
Show
your support for the Blantyre's Ain Web Site by shopping the businesses
and using the local Tradesmen that have sponsored this Web Site!!
Let them know that you saw their name here as many of them have agreed
to give preferential terms to responses from Blantyre's Ain Website.
Special acknowledgements go to Andy Paterson, long-time mining and social historian and author of "A Blast from the Past", James Cornfield, another long-time mining and local historian and avid genealogist and Chairman of the Blantyre Heritage Group together with Wilma S. Bolton, author of Black
Faces and Tackety Boots and Pit Props and Ponies together with James B. Brown, amateur photographer and local historian, who have all been a great source of information, photos and advice.
We
hope that you enjoy your new web site and you are invited to recommend
any resources or features you would like to be included within these
pages.
