If you’ve been away from Blantyre for any length of time recently, you may be surprised to see several large new developments under construction. The town is changing and one notable development is the new flats between Logan Street and Church Street. This great drone picture by Blantyre Drone Works shows the development well in […]
The Methodist Church was opened by the Primitive Methodist Congregation on the evening of Thursday 23rd November 1905. Despite the very inclement weather, a good attendance turned up, many travelling from far afield. This is the Church which would later become the Bethany Hall. Situated on Glasgow Road adjacent to Joanna Terrace the Church has an attractive […]
In December 1905, reporters commented on the flurry of building and construction activity in Blantyre, especially by private home owners building their own homes to let out. One area of huge development that month was at the newly named Craig Street, where it was said that month that houses on the eastern side of the […]
Like an elegant rebirth, this comparison of Crossbasket House in 2012 and on the right as it looks now in 2022, is simply stunning. There’s no doubt that the last decade has saved this grand old building from oblivion, judging from my collage. Despite best efforts of owners and volunteers in the late 20th Century, […]
Did you know before the Blantyre Cottage Hospital on Bardykes Road, Blantyre had another Hospital at the end of Cemetery Road, High Blantyre. Photos of the former hospital are elusive, but this map from 1910 shows its location just off Victoria Street near what would now be the junction of Burnbrae Road. In November 1906, […]
Work to demolish an old, dangerous tenement building in Springwells, Blantyre has started. Demolition contractors moved in this week to demolish the former Millers Fireplace and adjoining Frasers buildings on the North side of Glasgow Road near the Blantyre boundary with Burnbank. The stone built tenement building has been derelict for a few years, suffering […]
The perennial property owners ‘worst nightmare’ once again resurfaced in 1907 as mineral subsidence took hold of stone and limestone properties in Blantyre. Cracks appearing on buildings, properties sloping into the ground and in danger of falling down was once again a talking point as the ravages and consequences of mining in the Blantyre District […]