Glasgow Road Redevelopment 2018
Asda’s Site Work Progresses You may have noticed that all the demolition work at Clydeview Shopping Centre, near ASDA is complete. The protective hoarding is now down leaving for the […]
Preparing for Remembrance
During a visit to High Blantyre Cemetery today, I was delighted to see it looking so tidy, not least because kind people like Archie Arbuckle and John Dunsmore have been […]
Crossbasket Falls
With all the dry weather in Summer 2018, the river Calder was running very low, certainly by the end of July. As these pictured by Alex Rochead show, there was […]
1979 Weddings Blantyre Folks
Some more weddings of Blantyre folk from 1979. First up is Blantyre couple Ellen McGinley and David McTear. Ellen of Northway, married David of Burnside Crescent at Livingstone Memorial Church. […]
The Kimbos
Matthew McGuigan says, “Who remembers The Kimbos?. Massively popular in Scotland in the early sixties before classically trained Andy Ross left to form The Andy Ross Orchestra and went on […]
Blantyre Toy Drive
Important Our fantastic and annual, worthwhile campaign to put a smile on Blantyre children’s faces this Christmas time is underway! Aimed to specifically benefit the children of Blantyre. We’re again […]
1979 St Andrews Church Fire
A pall of smoke hung over Lanarkshire on the afternoon of Monday 3rd September 1979. Upon investigation it was found that the St Andrews’s Church (formerly Stonefield Parish Church) on […]
Fire at St John Ogilvie, 1979
By September 1979, the new Saint John Ogilvie Chapel on Broompark Road was just about constructed. However, fire broke out at the unfurnished building on the last Saturday that […]
1979 David Straiton at Masonic
In August 1979, Blantyre Masons gathered to honour a man with 50 years of service to his lodge. Lodge Livingstone 599 was the venue and George McDonald presented David […]