Continuing a look at some old stories from Blantyre, which hopefully you haven’t heard of before. All suitably illustrated with my new AI generated software. On Saturday 2nd March 1901, a distressful shooting incident happened at Spittal Rows, just off Hamilton Road (where now Bardykes Bing is). The incident took place in a terraced home […]
In the Glasgow Herald of 7th June, 1905, it was reported that a demonstration by miners was held at Castle Park. Blantyre. The story reported that on the previous night, a protest against the action of those responsible for the closing down of Bardykes Colliery had taken place. It was an event which had thrown […]
In 1905, ‘Messrs Merry and Cunninghame, one of the largest mining firms in Scotland, were working a coal mine at Bardykes (Spittal) in Blantyre. Owing to some obstructions with met within their operations, they had lost some £3,000 within a very short period. Considerable sum worth around £400,000 today. The landowner, the Jacksons of Spittal […]
Mr Tonner, a resident of Spittal raised a complaint in March 1910 directly to the Blantyre Parish Council. He stated that he had observed workmen on the road from Blantyre to Halfway engaged in coating the wooden fences at the side of the carriageway with a coating of tar. Standing in front of the Committee […]
This previously unseen photo is around 120 years old. Taken around 1900, it shows a brand new entrance to Crossbasket House in High Blantyre. This private residence then belonged to Mr George Neilson, the wealthy owner of Summerlee and who would later own Spittal Colliery after 1905. George made many improvements to Crossbasket, including this […]
When the extended tram line opened from Priory Bridge into Cambuslang in 1907, the Priory Bridge and Spittal Bridges presented a problem, forcing initially a singular tram lane to be used. Something had to be done as two tramcars couldn’t pass by each other. So, widening of the bridges was requested by the Middle Ward […]
Constable Thomas Docherty was congratulated on the smart capture of a thief in Blantyre during 1901. Bringing justice to Blantyre. However, first we need to go back a step….. On Sunday, 30th June 1901, a young man from Cambuslang had been out all night and was travelling back through Blantyre, heading home to Cambuslang on […]
