It’s the oldest building in Blantyre, likely where it all started. Blantyre Priory. Or more specific the ruins of the Priory. Dating back to the 13th Century, Blantyre’s humble beginnings emanated from this former building on the edge of the Clyde, now lying derelict. The black and white photo is shared by Jean McLean, taken […]
Shared from within the Project folder High Blantyre resident Jean McLean gave me is this photo. Taken in the early 1960’s at David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre. The centre looks well kept, whitewashed and cared for. Summer visitors walk around the grounds, the men in that era wearing suits for a nice day out. I’m unsure […]
A previously unseen photo from the early 1960’s. This is Blantyre Weir spanning the River Clyde. Photographed from the Blantyre side looking across to Bothwell. This was before the hydro building was constructed and perhaps taken in Winter or Spring. The opposite riverbank at Bothwell looks different these days, now with modern large homes recently […]
This postcard dates from the early 1950’s and was on sale in the gift shop/tearoom at Shuttle Row at the David Livingstone Museum. It is of course the David Livingstone Memorial Bridge over the River Clyde, not long after it was completed. The concrete piers still look brand new. I suspect this was around 1952 […]
The centre looks well kept and tended outside, the postcard featuring beautiful gardens and an altogether quaint and tidy picture. The other photo is the birthroom itself, located on the top floor of Shuttle Row. The birthroom looked like this for several decades, fairly cluttered with the amount of artefacts being put on display. Today, […]
I’m not sure when this postcard dates from , but it could be around WW2 or just after? This is of course the General’s Bridge, seen from the River Calder, at High Blantyre. The road over the Calder was then the main road between East Kilbride and Blantyre. The river below trickles along, an excellent […]
The Lido initially created in the 1930s lasted no more than 50 years but was a popular destination with a little sandy beach below the riverbank walls. Do YOU remember the Lido?
