Village Photos 1930s

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1930 – Craighead Viaduct & David Livingstone Centre. Robertsons ginger cart. The Paddling Pool, The Shrine and David Livingstone Centre. Blantyre Wages Office.

1930 School / Chapel
1930 David Livingstone Centre, drawn by Mary Sommerville Gossman
1930s Shuttle Row (PV)
1930s Robertsons Ginger cart (PV)
1930s Shuttle Row
1930 Children sit on wall at Livingstone Memorial Centre (PV)
1930 Blantyre Wages Office, Blantyre Works (PV)
1930s Rare view of Shuttle Row
1930 Blantyre Mills
1930s David Livingstone Centre snowfall (PV)
1930 Pey Brig and Rosebank Ave
1930 Poultry Farm at Springwell, Auchinraith Bing (G Cook)
1930s Peter McDonald & Ginger Cairt
c 1930 African Hut David Livingstone Centre (PV)
1930s Shuttle Row
1930s David Livingstone Memorial (PV)
1930 Craighead Viaduct
1930 The Shrine , David Livingstone Memorial (PV)
1930 Shuttle Row


1931 – Suspension Bridge and Works School. David Livingstone Centre. River Clyde Weir. Railway Bridge Replacement throughout Blantyre. Burning down of Village Bar.

1931 Eastern Bridge Replacement
1931 Whistleberry Bridge, Glasgow Road. Shared by G Cook
Early 1930s Weir on River Clyde at Village works
1931 Eastern Railway Bridge Replacement
1931 Eastern Bridge Replacement
1931 Suspension Bridge at Blantyre works
1931 The Village Bar gutted by Fire on 16th July.
1931 Eastern Bridge Replacement
1931 David Livingstone Centre
1931 Suspension Bridge
1930s Livingstone Birthroom
1931 Eastern Bridge Replacement
1931 Suspension Bridge & works school
1931 Eastern Railway Bridge Replacement
1931 Eastern Railway Bridge Replacement

1932 – Station Road, Low Blantyre. Suspension Bridge

1932 Station Road, Low Blantyre
1932 Western Railway Bridge 2 Glasgow Rd (GC)
1932 Replacement of Western bridge 2
1932 Replacement of Western bridge 2
1932 Replacement of Western bridge 2
1932 Pay Bridge, Blantyre (PV)

1933 – David Livingstone Centre children playing

1933 Blantyre Weir
1933 David Livingstone Centre, 4 years after opening.
1933 Central Premises from small publication
1933 David Livingstone Centre

1934 – The Lido was set out as a beautiful tended park. David Livingstone Centre.

Late 1930s DLC
1934 David Livingstone Centre playpark (PV)
Late 1930s DLC
Late 1930s DLC
1930s David Livingstone Grounds
1934 David Livingstone Park.
1934 David Livingstone Park.
1934 David Livingstone Park grounds.
1934 David Livingstone Park grounds. Shared by G Cook
1934 Crowds at David Livingstone Centre
1934 David Livingstone Park grounds.
1934 David Livingstone Park
Late 1930s DLC
Late 1930s DLC
1930s Chute at Livingstone Centre
1934 Entrance to David Livingstone Centre
1934 David Livingstone Park grounds.
1934 David Livingstone Park grounds.
Late 1930s DLC
1934 Children at David Livingstone Centre
The Lido Park near Bothwell Bridge

1935 – Picture is the Dookit (Blantyre Picture Theatre). Also pictured, David Livingstone’s birth room and the construction of the World Fountain (sept). Bus Crash at Glasgow Road.

1930s Livingstone Centre (PV)
1930 Woodburn Avenue
1935 World Fountain Construction (PV)
1935 Blantyre Picture Theatre (the Dookit)
1935 Bus Crash Glasgow Road
1930 David Livingstone hut shared by PV
1935 World Fountain paths
1930s David Livingstone Centre (PV)
1930s Livingstone Birthroom
1935 World Fountain Construction of pavements (PV)
1935 Constructing the World Fountain (PV)

1936 – Lily Pond and Pool opens at David Livingstone Centre. Bothwell Bridge from the Lido.

1936 Bothwell Bridge from Blantyre (PV)
1936 Pond at David Livingstone Centre, after opening
1936 the new World Fountain

1937 – The Lido pictured from Bothwell. Church Street photo. Glasgow Road. Station Road.Craighead Retreat

1937 Church Street and Glasgow Road, Blantyre
1937 The Lido from Bothwell
1937 Station Road, Low Blantyre
1938 View from Suspension Bridge
1937 Glasgow Road and the Dookit
1937 Close up of Glasgow Road near John Street and bottom of Logan Street on right

1938 – The Lido.

1938 Lido & Bothwell Bridge
1938 Livingstone Centre (PV)

1939 – David Livingstone Centre

1939 Bothwell Bridge
1939 The Lido at Bothwell Bridge
1939 Shuttle Row, Blantyre Works
1939 The Lido at Bothwell Bridge
World Fountain (PV)
1930s Craighead viaduct
1939 Broadway Opens
1939 The Lido at Bothwell Bridge
1939 Craighead Bing looking to the Piggery
1930s Shuttle Row
1939 Shuttle Row, Blantyre Works
1939 Shuttle Row, Blantyre Works
1939 David Livingstone Centre
1930’s Shuttle Row
1939 World Fountain
1939 Bothwell Bridge & The Lido

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