Ah, the Blantyre Co-op on Glasgow Road. These photos from the late 1970’s show the shop on the south side of the street, n particular the Emporium, before it became The Clydesdale Bank. Who remembers shopping at this location?
1977 Blantyre Co-op
Category: Blantyre Business
1977 Lightbody’s on Glasgow Road
How’s this for a picture filled with nostalgia!? It’s Glasgow Road, the north side. Anybody fancy a roll and chips? Lightbody’s is pictured in 1977, a few years before they moved to Clydeview Shopping Centre. For a certain generation, this was THE place to get your rolls and pies. What’s your memories of Lightbody’s? Anybody […]
1977 Biggins Dentist
This is perhaps one of my most fearful memories as a child. Photographed here in the 1970’s is Biggins Dentist on the north side of Glasgow Road. I can remember him practically climbing up on the seat to get a good position to give leverage for an extraction, which thankfully for me only happened once! […]
1977 Maddens Shop
Who remembers “Maddens” shop on Glasgow Road. Situated on the north side, the shop was located on the lower floor of a 2 storey tenement, next door to the Bethany Hall. Parking was never the best, but this was a popular, well known shop. What’s your memories of Maddens? Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly […]
1977 Victoria Wine
Who remembers Victoria Wine on Glasgow Road? Situated next to Templeton’s Supermarket on the north side of the road, this brilliant photo may jog some memories. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said: James Sime I remember that shop as Iceberg freezer shop and then […]
1977 Templeton’s Supermarket
I hope this brings some memories back for readers. Who remembers Templeton’s Supermarket on Glasgow Road? Situated on the site of the former Broadway Cinema at the corner of Station Road, these photos were taken in 1977. Competition and the announcement of ASDA arriving sealed the fate of Templetons, but many people will have fond […]
Unauthorised Markets, 1979
A brilliant set of pictures next, hopefully the first time you’ve seen these an evoking lots of memories of Blantyre Market. These are from 1979 and in particular this is a brief period where the markets had no license, and therefore were unauthorised! The Hastie’s Farm 1970’s market was run by an English based company […]
1977 Wages Building
A lovely photo of the “Counting House” or also known as “The Wages Building”, at Blantyre Village Works, near the David Livingstone Centre. Likely taken in the 1970’s, this Summer scene looks idyllic with what is certainly a very distinctive and unique building for Blantyre. Originally part of a longer building, this is the part […]