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Two photos. Same location, but 100 years apart. This is the bottom of Stonefield Road, Blantyre. The photo looks northwards towards St Joseph’s Hall. Looking at these pictures, I think I know which one I prefer. What’s your memories of this area? Sidenote: I still don’t have an accurate year for the old School Chapel […]
I’m not sure who this rather trendy chap is in the foreground, but I DO know that he’s in Blantyre! This photo is from Springtime 1979 and is of course Glasgow Road, From the top of John Street, it looks over to the south side of the road. The traffic lights at the junction of […]
A Blantyre Project reader recently saw this gravestone in High Blantyre Cemetery, referring to a young boy who accidentally drowned. Ronald Graham was the son of James and Margaret Graham. Born in 1960, at the age of 10, young Ronald went missing on 10th April 1970. A frantic search must have been launched, and news […]
Pate Dempsey shared this photo with me recently. This is St.Blanes v David Livingstone Memorial Primary schools tournament. It was the SHINWELL CUP final, which was won by St.Blanes. Pat thinks it was Primary 7 possibly around June 1969. Can you name everyone?
Could things BE any more different? Looking at this photo of Glasgow Road, nothing remains of these buildings anymore. Today this exact scene looks VERY different and will likely shock younger generations just how different Blantyre once looked. Looking at the older photo, I’m reminded of once similar sized towns like for example Larkhall, which […]
Blantyre Picture Theatre or Blantyre Picture House was often nicknamed as the Dookit. The original name when it opened in 1913 was “Blantyre Picture and Variety Theatre.” It was later renamed as Blantyre Picture House. It was a former cinema on Glasgow Road. Not to be confused with the earlier Blantyre Electric Picture House (Fleapit) at the corner of Forrest Street. […]
This is the tragic story of one of the miners who lost his life in the Blantyre Pit Disaster of 1877. James Brodie, was the son of John Brodie (shepherd) and Mary Turnbull. Born in 1851 in Lanarkshire. Coming to Blantyre between 1871 and 1874, the timing fits well with new opportunities for coalminers being […]
How about this for a great photo! Derek McSwan took the picture at the David Livingstone Bridge last month. Fish have been abundant in this part of the river for many centuries. Did you know, during the early 1700’s, long before the construction of Dales Blantyre Works Mills, a previous dam had been built on […]
Little is known about this next victim of the Pit Disaster, but there is some information to be had. Michael Brannan was born in 1851, the son of Irishman John Brannan, farm labourer and Catherine Haggan. Michael came to Blantyre in either 1876 or 1877. He never married, nor had children. Like many other young […]