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15 unusual facts about Blantyre


Albert Jenkin

He stayed at Mponda until 1911, then joined missions at Zomba and Blantyre until 1916.

Big Bullets F.C.

Big Bullets (BB) is a Malawian football (soccer) club based in Blantyre and by unconfirmed statistics, Malawi's popular football club and has dominated the country's major soccer league, TNM Super League, since it was formed in 1967.

Blantyre coma scale

Terrie Taylor and Malcolm Molyneux in 1987, and named for the Malawian city of Blantyre, site of the Blantyre Malaria Project.

Blantyre District

It was named after Blantyre, the birth village of Dr David Livingstone in Scotland, one of the first missionary explorers who came to Nyasaland, as Malawi was originally called before independence.

Blantyre, South Lanarkshire

Stuart Christie, an anarchist, who at the age of 18 was to stand trial in Spain for plotting to blow up General Franco.

Christy Moore and Luke Kelly along with local Blantyre singer/songwriter Drew Semple recorded well-known versions of the traditional song about this disaster.

Calderside Academy

Calderside Academy is a Scottish secondary school in Blantyre.

Coma scale

It was designed by doctors Terrie Taylor and Malcolm Molyneux in 1987, and named for the Malawian city of Blantyre, site of the Blantyre Malaria Project.

Kinnah Phiri

Born in Blantyre, Kinnah began playing football for local side Big Bullets F.C., and in 1982 was offered a contract by UAE club Sharjah SC He was not allowed to leave the country, but he moved to Swaziland to play for Manzini Wanderers where he would finish his playing career.

Otria Moyo Jere

Jere owns a poultry and farming business, and owns rental properties in Blantyre.

Paul Tiyambe Zeleza

Zeleza attended primary school (1961–1968) and secondary school (1968–1972) in the cities of Lilongwe and Blantyre in Malawi.

Presbyterian Church of Victoria

The Presbyterian Church of Victoria has entered into formal partnership agreements with the Blantyre and Zambia synods of the Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian, as well as the Presbyterian Church in Sudan.

Richard Liversidge

Richard Liversidge, naturalist, ornithologist and museum director, was born on 17 September 1926 in Blantyre, Nyasaland (now Malawi), and died on 15 September 2003 in Kimberley, South Africa.

Ryan McCann

Ryan McCann (born 21 September 1981 in Blantyre Scotland) is a Scottish professional association footballer who plays in either midfield or at right back.

The Big Issue Malawi

The Big Issue Malawi is currently sold in the main Malawian cities: Lilongwe, Blantyre, Zomba, Mzuzu and Karonga.


Capital Radio Malawi

The station broadcasts across all three regions of Malawi, and covers the urban centers of Blantyre, Zomba, Lilongwe, Mangochi and Mzuzu.

Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian

In 1875, the Free Church of Scotland established itself in northern Malawi with headquarters in Livingstonia, while in 1876 the Church of Scotland set up a mission in Blantyre.

Hillhouse, Hamilton

Hillhouse has no high school of its own, instead pupils wishing to go to a non-denominational school attend Calderside Academy (Formed in a merger between Earnock High School and Blantyre High School), while others attend John Ogilve High School.

J. W. C. Fegan

By the 1920s the farm included a home for Fegan and his wife, which they called Blantyre Lodge after one of their earliest supporters Lord Blantyre.

Lanarkshire Miners' County Union

The union was founded in 1893 as the Lanarkshire Miners' Federation, bringing together local miners' unions based in Bellshill, Blantyre, Hamilton, Larkhall, and elsewhere.

Nyasaland African Congress

The Nyasaland African Congress (NAC) was organized in 1943 by leaders of the Nyasaland Native Associations, with Mumba and James Frederick Sangala of Blantyre the prime movers.

Stuart Christie

Christie was born in the Partick area of Glasgow and was raised in Blantyre, by his mother and grandparents, becoming an anarchist at a young age.

The Big Issue Malawi

February 2010: Scotland’s Minister for External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop, meets the Big Issue Malawi′'s staff, board and vendors in the headquarters in Blantyre.

Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre

Educated with James VI under George Buchanan, he was Knight of Cardonald, Prior of Blantyre, Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland from 1582 to 1596, an Extraordinary Lord of Session from 1593, an Octavian from 1596, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland from 1596 to 1599.