An interesting article which appeared in the Wishaw Press in March 1904. The reporter taking time to tell of how the new tram cars had opened up new areas to him, like visiting Blantyre Priory for example. In his own words, unedited. Blantyre Priory is photographed that very year in Gilmour’s Directory, a photo I’ve […]
You may recognise this building, for it still looks very similar and exists today. Its the former Collinses Newsagents shop at the corner of Stonefield Road and Broompark Road. Shared here by Bill Duncan, this photo likely dates from the 1940’s and features the drapers known as Dunsmuirs. Previous to this, the shop was also […]
A previously unseen photo, a first online of the former Calderwood Castle. Taken by photographer David Ritchie, the Castle is photographed from the River Calder, the trees in this photo on either side located on either side of the river. The photo dates from 1905 or so, around a time just after the Co-Operative Society […]
Some promotional photos for Crossbasket, at High Blantyre. Worth sharing here. It’s easy to see from these great images how Crossbasket Castle is Blantyre’s most luxurious building. With parts of this building half a Millennium old, the renovation over the last decade has protected this building, perhaps even for a further half millennium. Just stunning!
A brand new bakery at Auchinraith Road, Blantyre was opened on Saturday 15th October 1904. After posting recently about an accident on the chimney, and seeing all the comments from people who remember the building, I thought I’d post more about….. the opening of the Blantyre Co-Operative Society Bakery. The bakery was erected by members […]
For those who haven’t been to the David Livingstone Birthplace grounds for a while, you may be interested in these recent photos which show the nice lighting installed throughout the grounds. A sight only seen after dusk, the new lights line the paths at their edges and above them, with the Pavilion buildings also brightly […]
This previously unseen photo of Shuttle Row, was taken likely in the 1930’s and featured on an early postcard for the centre. Taken not long after the building became a museum, it shows the renovated building with new stone steps leading to the lower part and a new stone wall, in the location where formerly […]