High Blantyre Photos 1940s

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1941 – Marked as Hunthill Junction

1940s Blantyre War Memorial
Possibly 1940 Hunthill

1942 – Homeguard at High Blantyre

1942 Homeguard at Westcraigs
1940s Danskins Shop WW2 photoshopped by PV to illustrate a story

1943 – 1944 – To be uploaded soon
1945 – The end of WW2

1945 VE day Hunthill Road (PV)

1946 – To be uploaded soon
1947 – Main Street. Also Dixon’s Pit 3 on 6th January.

1947 6th Jan Dixons Pit 1
1947 Dixons Pit3 Crowd watching NCB flag get hoisted at High Blantyre (PV)
1947 Andra McAnulty at Dixons unveiling the NCB flag
1947 Possible still of Dixons 3
1947 6th Jan Dixons Pit 1
1947 6th Jan Dixons Pit 1
1947 6th Jan Dixons Pit 1
1947 Possible still of Dixons 3
1947 Dixons Pit at High Blantyre. 6th January on day coal mining was nationalised. (PV)
1947 Main Street (PV)
1947 Dixons Pit at High Blantyre. 6th January on day coal mining was nationalised. (PV)
1947 6th Jan Dixons Pit 1
1947 Main Street near Parish Church (PV)
1947 NCB Plaque at Dixons pit1
1947 The Kirkton Cross, Main Street (PV)
1947 Possible still of Dixons 3
1947 Possible still of Dixons 3
1947 Dixons Pit at High Blantyre. 6th January on day coal mining was nationalised. (PV)

1948 – 1949 – To be uploaded soon

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