A lovely scene, now gone. This is the 1940’s and the former Lido Park, once neatly laid out near Bothwell Bridge. This well tended park with its nice flower beds and beautiful views is now destroyed, replaced by the roaring noise of the East Kilbride Expressway.

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?

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Joe Mitchell

April 17, 2025 at 3:37 pm

I remember going there as a boy in early 1960s. Visited a number of times. The park was nice. Used to catch minnows with wine bottle with hole in recessed bottom. Only downside was there was a sewage pipe discharging into river which spoiled it a wee bit.
I revisited area today, car park at Whistleberry road full of fly tippings, what’s left of Clyde Calders project abandoned. Sad sight.

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