These previously unseen photos belong to Gordon Cook who has kindly shared them here. The construction of Blantyre Station offices on the westbound side took place in the late 1970’s, with the previous brick built buildings on both platforms demolished.
British Rail followed a standard template for their ticket offices at the time building with modern construction materials. This is the current ticket office we see now, but has of course been renovated since.
Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said:
👍👍👍Blantyre Project this is probably true for all our buildings these days. Timber kits, no fancy stonework outside, just basic bricks n mortar. No carvings, ornate features, dating stones or masonry masterpieces. Its true when they say, “they dont build them like that anymore”.
Blantyre Project I tend to agree Margaret. These photos looks newer than the 70s. Since scheduling this post a few months ago, I thought it may be a few years later than late 1970s. It was on my to do list to get the exact date and hoping to find it before this post appeared. Since ruled out 1978 and 1979. Currently looking at 1980 and 81. Will repost full story in more detail once exact year is known.