These three photos are from the same location on Glasgow Road. Taken in 1972, the scene is the Northern pavement of Glasgow Road looking Westwards. The pub in the foreground is The Livingstonian, which just 5 years later would be boarded up like many other buildings in this scene. The street leading off to the […]
Now, I know this photo is not in Blantyre Parish (actually its about 100 yards over the boundary), but it is such a great photo, I thought I would share it here, after noticing it on the excellent Historic Hamilton page. Pictured is the Lariat pub in Hillhouse. The date is 1972 and the Tartan […]
I’ve been looking at this photo taken around 1905 or so which is the upper half of the Broompark Quoiting Team photo, recently posted here. I wanted to try and determine which properties these were, especially as one of them at that time, was still thatched. A 1910 map of Causeystanes reveals the location, and […]
Looking at a photo of Auchentibber Quoiting Green, I noticed in the background, a little door. Zooming in on the high resolution image, I was able to see that there was a little wooden, white door, located under a wooden arch. The arch was actually a wooden structure with pieces of bark nailed to it. It […]
These photos are of High Blantyre Main Street in 1927. A busy street as horse and carts go about their business as well as people on bicycles. This scene looks East towards Hamilton. On the at the S bend in the road is the junction with Broompark Road. The buildings on the right are now […]
I really enjoyed seeing these photos. Perhaps as its not far from my own home. Here, in 1927 is High Blantyre Main Street, photographed from Priestfield looking eastwards towards Hamilton. The photo captures such an everyday scene of life in the 1920’s. The hustle and bustle of shoppers, the business activities going on, the style […]
A great photo of a man standing at the corner of High Blantyre Church Halls, at the Junction of Main Street and Hunthill Road. What makes this Kirkton photo all the more remarkable is that it was taken over 110 years ago, around 1905. Photographed by David Ritchie, shared here by Alex Bowie, I wondered […]