Further photos of the demolition work during 1981 along Glasgow Road. The vantage point is former Jackson Street looking towards the demolition of the Co-Op Central premises on the right hand side and the 2 storey tenement formally named “Avon Buildings”. The road in the foreground is Jackson Street and Glasgow Road is beyond the […]
A brilliant photo of the demolition of Blantyre Co-Operative’s Central Premises. This was taken in 1981 from an unusual angle. It’s taken from former Jackson Street, the ‘cul de sac’ turning hammerhead in the foreground. Demolition was underway in this photo with most of the large hall still to be demolished.. Whilst excavators worked on […]
After many years of the congregation meeting in the old Nazarene Church (hut) in Elm Street and following problems with dampness, it eventually burned down in 1980. A new church, was built on the opposite side of Elm Street and officially opened by Mrs. Janet Mackie. It was dedicated on Sunday 24th October 1982. For […]
Shuttle Row, a photo taken between 1898 and 1903. How incredible that this building was saved and turned into a museum and currently going through the most amazing transformation. Built just after 1785, the modernisation and improvement work guarantees it will be here for several more hundred years. Just imagine the generation of people who […]
Here’s a rare sight! The building of the Blantyre Sports Centre. Taken in 1981, year or so before it opened. Homes in the background are John Street. The tenement to the right was one of the final buildings to be demolished on Glasgow Road redevelopment of the late 70s and early 80s. The building of […]
This is a great little booklet highlighting the facilities at Blantyre Sports Centre immediately after it opened in 1982. The booklet also lists all the prices, which looked affordable even for those times. As far back as August 1972, consideration was being given to the provision of a pool and sports hall in Blantyre. However, […]
Who remembers “Murray’s The Chemist” on Glasgow Road? These photos taken in 1977 show the chemist at the corner of Joanna Terrace and Glasgow Road. There has been a long tradition of a chemist being on that spot, even going back to prior WW2 and indeed Lloyds Chemist is there today. In the background is […]