Springwells

Articles for Springwells, Blantyre

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1747
The 1747 Springwells map – Roys Military Map x1 
Road Splits and bends – early history forming Springwell x2 
Forgotten Boundary Farm – at Springwell x1 
Greenfield Bridges – at Burnbank boundary x2 
Springwell Farm – detailed history x2 
1859
The Heart of Springwells – How Springwells came to bex3  
Gow’s Linn Waterfall, Parkburn – Small waterfall on the Parkburnx2 
Birth of Springwell – how it started x1 
1870
Rise of Burnbank – early history x1 
Greenfield – Once our nearest neighbour x1 
1876
McDougall’s Land – Springwell x6 
1877
Greenfield Foundry – Part 1 of 4 x1 
Greenfield Foundry & Engineering works – Part 2 of 4 x1 
Greenfield Foundry – Part 3 of 4 x2 
Greenfield Foundry – Part 4 of 4 x3 
1878
Burleigh Church – Springwells x2 
Springwell – Beginnings x1 
Springwell Place – Beginnings x2 
Allison Place, Springwell – Blantyre x4 
1879
McNair’s Land – Springwell x2 
Miller’s Buildings – Springwell x3 
Chambers Land – Springwell x3 
1881
McLelland’s Land – Springwell x2 
Welsh’s Land – Springwell x2 
Semple’s Land (Dalzell Place) – Springwell x3 
1882
Auchinraith Railway Junction – Springwell x3 
1890
Greenfield Old Rows – over boundary x1
1892
Victorian Calendars – for sale x1 
Ta ra ra boom de ay – anecdote x1
Scholastic Honours for Blantyre women – Springwell
Colonel Harington Stuart – visits Blantyre
Lost Pet at Springwells – McCaffries St Bernard x1
1893
Springwell Wedding Rammy – fall x1
1894
Highway Robbery – assault x1
1896
Smellie’s Buildings – Springwell x4 
Rosendale place – a detailed History x5 
1897
Jubilee – dynamite theft x1
1898
Evolution – of Springwell x1 
Springwell Slaughterhouse – Springwell x1 
1899
Springwell Slaughterhouse – misdemeanour x1
1900
Caldwell Halls – Coffin Halls Glasgow Road x2 
Caldwell Institute – a detailed history by Blantyre Project x5 
1903
Tait & the Tram Car – collision x1
1904
Tram Accident – outside McDougall’s Buildings x1 
1907
Blantyre Nazarene Church – a history x1
Blantyre Lodging House – Trades Hotel (Model) x5 
Birdsfield Street – near Burnbank boundary x2 
McLelland Boys – in bother x1 
1908
The Greenfield Foundry – At the Parish Boundary with Burnbankx1  
1913
Blantyre Golf Course – set out x2
1914
Blantyre’s First Petrol Station – Springwells x1
Explosive – pub incident x1
Teenage Midnight Prowl – 4 boys x1
1915
Blantyre Co-op – History of Central Premises x3 
1916
Springwell Piggery – near Springwell Place x1 
1917
Osadorous Michakas v Lanarkshire Trams – court case x1 
1919
Cruelty to  Cat – Dollochan charged x1
1920
Springwell Poultry run – a look back x1 
1923
Four Families – evicted from Dalziel Place x1
1926
Helped Soldier to Desert – tale x2 
1927
Hogmanay Fatal Express – accident x1
Miner – Whose mind wandered x1 
William Allen – of Springwells x1 
1928
The Rosendale Quads – a sad tale x1 
1929
Springwells Social & Recreation Club – rejected x2 
Wannabe Bookmaker – fined x1 
1931
Glasgow Road – Eastern Railway Bridge x11 
Glasgow Road – Western Railway Bridge x7 
1935
Some of it was true – Whiskey theft x1 
Springwell – Housing Scheme x8 
1938
Four hurt in Springwells Bus crash – collided with pole x1
Robertson’s Ginger Cart – photo of new wheeled vehicle x1
1940
Henderson’s Buildings – fire x1 
Gambling at Springwells – WW2 x1 
1942
Walter McGowan Boxer – A history of the popular fighter x1
1945
Burnbank Boltworks – photo x1
1946
Logan Street Pools Winner – Luck shines with a pools winx1 
Fatal Accident Tram collides with lorry – Blantyre main loses lifex1 
1947
Sod Springwells, i’ll live in Hawaii– Emigrating to warmer climates x1 
The Brown Tragedy -Parents lose 2 sons in 3 days x1  
1948
Stonefield Parish Halls – Glasgow Road x1 
1949
Springwell Crescent – fire x1
1950
The Murphys from Logan Street – shared by Brenda Murphy x1
1952
Telephone Exchange – Low Blantyre x1 
1954
Blantyre Scout Camp – outing x1
1961
Springwells – aerial photo x1
1962
Robertsons of Springwells – bottle x1
1965
Gilmours Building – on Glasgow Road x1
1967
A725 Expressway – a history x2 
Demolition Caldwell Halls – wall topples x1
1968
Complaints about Rosendale – Quality of housing complaintsx1  
Braidwood Building Contractors– Bottom of Logan Street x1
Flooding of Burnside Cottages – Parkburn floods and destroys homes x1
Burnbank Swifts – Football Team
Springwells – Playpark x1
1970
Robertsons of Springwells – photo of couple x1
Robertsons Night out – staff at Hasties x1
1971
Painting of Rosendale – by unknown artist x1 
Elm Street Families – various photos x6
1973
Rosendale Tenements, Springwell – History of Rosendale building x1  
Elm Street – playpark x1
1976
Robertsons of Springwell – competition x1
1977
Robertsons Strike – April x1
1978
John Street – Right of way x2
Warzone – in Blantyre x1
Springwells – rates shocker x1
Vandalism – of Play areas x1
Robertsons – Expansion Planned x1
1979
Springwell – is in Blantyre! x1
Beer Can Tower – on roundabout x1
Springwells – declares independence  x1
Glasgow Road – Looking east x1
1982
Robertsons of Springwells – ginger factory x1
1984
Robertsons of Springwells – more photos x1
1985
At the Railway – mid 80s x1
Whistleberry Roundabout – photos x2
2015
Robertsons Beach find – Bottle top in Berwick x1 
2019
Back of McCaffries Building – photo x1
2020
Boltworks Candlesticks – x1
2022
Demolition at Springwells – Millers & Frasers Buildings x6

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