There once was a little shop, just over the Parish Boundary at High Blantyre.
Beyond the Parkburn, in Hamilton Parish at the corner of High Blantyre Road and Russell Street sat a little wooden green building, which was known locally as Hannah’s Shop.
From the 1950’s through to the 1980’s, Mr Hannah owned this little sweetie shop. He sold Sweets, Tobacco and other provisions.
Historic Hamilton’s Facebook page has covered this subject and added, “Mr Hannah would sit in his shop and he loved his pipe. He would often be sitting puffing away when you walked in. He also owned the pidgeon huts just up the road a bit, some of you may remember that the pigeon huts were built on stilts, as they were built on the hill next to the burn that separates Hamilton & High Blantyre.”
The shop is now demolished and of course Russell Street is now a dead end closed off at High Blantyre Road junction.
What are your memories of Mr Hannah’s sweetie shop?
Photo Courtesy: G Lee.
Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said:
Jan McFarlane Remember him sitting outside smoking his pipe . I went to Glenlee School with Robert Hannah. Happy Memories 
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Sharon Corrigan Maryann McCue….remember getting the broken biscuits out of here? Xx
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Jean Gibson Remember it well. I went to Glenlee with May Hannah.
Terry Woods The traffic police used to stand at the corner with their “Ray gun” to catch the cars flying off the dual carriageway at Blantyre Industrial Estate.
Pat-sheila Dempsey Where i used to buy 5 fags on way to school john ogilve high.
Linda Fellows Eyre its was old Davie when i was young
Scott Mcallister Used to go in there when going to school. He had a stammer if i remember puts me in mind of arkright from open all hours.
Catherine Morrison Remember it well stayed in the prefabs x
Gerry Kelly I remember that week shop . Took a right there going to St John Ogilvie HS
Tom McGuigan Cream cookies that smelt of pipe tobacco
Sheena Thomson Do remember it but there was one down Station road going into the pre fabs my mum worked there for a while.
Jennifer Cook Yeah remember it
👪Debbie Lusk Remember it well
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❤Carol-Ann Bate Alison Bate Lesley Reiki Master this is the wee shop we used to go into on way to school.. crisps were 5p lol x
Carol-Ann Bate Can’t remember the name
Lesley Reiki Master Yeah Hannah’s oh god i remember xxx
👍Leigh Ann Lyon Went there every day on way to school. Bought wee butterscotch sweets….. loved it
Angela Dunlop Grace that was our shop b4 school
Jim Doherty The smell of his pipe Davy hannah
Fiona Mitchell Gebbie Great memories of buying sweets on way to St Cuthberts primary had all the jars with different sweets his wife also was in in the shop occasionally 
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Sandy Wilkie Used to supply Davie with milk – no idea how it lasted ‘cos he never had a fridge, just piled it on the floor!
Craig Moore I would run up to Davey Hannah’s shop most nights, as I stayed in Russell Street, around 5.30 with my brother for a quarter of sweets to eat before I sat and watched Monkey or The Water Margin on BBC2… Soor Plooms were my favourite… It was a great we shop and I loved going to it……I seem to remember also Davey came to my Dad’s funeral when he died.. ….That’s how cool he was…… Great memories!
😍crab apples 😍xxxKaren Edmond Used to pop in there for sweets on way to Gran & Papa’s
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Kirk Ritchie Michelle McGuire remember this wee shop on the way to grans
Michelle Evans I loved this wee shop on the way to school (Glenlee) in the morning. Chelsea Whoppers were my sweetie of choice.
Earl Wheeler Jim’s dads shop, have loads of memories buying sweets on way to school n doing paper run for his dad👍😂
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Jim Gibson Old davie emigrated to aussieland
I lived round the corner in Russell Street, and made daily trips to Hannah’s for things like bread, potatoes, etc. They had the BEST morning rolls! Went to Glenlee with Elizabeth and Caroline Hannah, who ended up going to Australia, and their dad followed them. Their uncle George used to be frequently seen walking up and down Russell Street, until he died of cancer in the 60’s or 70’s.
The Hannahs lived in the semi-detached villa on High Blantyre Road, next to the shop. They lived on the left side, and the Misses Fisher (Roy an Lah) lived on the right side. Roy was a teacher.
The picture shows it to be sadly dilapidated, but in my time, it was always kept freshly painted.