In August 1980, local lad Brian Fisher (13) as attracting international attention in the footballing world! Brian, of Helmsdale Avenue, Priory Bridge received a trophy from English FA coach Tony Heaney and finishing top player in a coaching squad of 40 youngsters who had recently visited Butlins. Brian, a John Ogilvie School pupil in Burnbank […]
Another Nursery photo from Cath McInally. But what’s the year and do you recognise any of these Blantyre kids?
Andrew Thomson shared this photo adding, “I found this old pic of my old school, Auchinraith primary in 1972. Does anybody recognise themselves? Some old pals in this picture which was taken after the school play.”
Stephen Watson shared this photo saying, “This is my great granddad (pictured on the right looking) at some sort of shooting event. He died in 1944 after having a heart attack and was found on the Strathaven – East Kilbride Rd. He lived in Muir St, High Blantyre at the time of his death.” Edward […]
Stephen Watson shared this photo. He told me, “I have been told that the building on the left ( looking at it ) is 365 main st, where I was born in 1956. this pic may have been taken before that.” I don’t think I’ve seen this one before. The tenements on the left were […]
Who can remember Capitol, located at the corner of the former Clydeview Shopping Centre (East). This photo from 2001. Did you work there?
By the turn of the Millennium as these 2002 photos show, St Joseph’s Primary School on Glasgow Road had seen better days. It is little wonder from these photos that plans were already then foot to discuss building a new school. The new school was built in 2010, opening in October that year although snagging […]
Plans for multi sports stadium near Priory Bridge were dramatically halted in Summer 1980 when residents of Priory Bridge formed a petition to obstruct the development. With the speedway at Springwells set to close, a new location had to be found and the private site at Bardykes owned by Francis Doonin, just off the road […]