Going back to 1985 in this photo, which I hope you’ve not seen previously. Pictured thirty four years ago, it is of course the Clydeview Shopping Centre. How infinitely better it looked with trees , shrubs and flowers in the planters, rather than the disgrace of those being empty for over 2 decades! And busy […]
How about this for a fantastic photo! The 1920’s and a little boy sits on the pavement staring into the High Blantyre Post Office at 84 Main Street in Kirkland Place. This tenement was on Main Street near the corner of Cemetery Road. The postbox is missing from 1910’s photos and was likely added in […]
Ann Allan asks, “Was just wondering if any of your older readers remembered this butcher shop? It was my grandad who owned it. I Came across these old books he used for his orders. He had the shop but also had a van and also did deliveries. He was a very young man when he died […]
With a welcome return to traditional shopping, a new family business opened on Main Street, High Blantyre on Tuesday 30 April 2019. Located in the former Co-Building at 317 Main Street, (not far from Prestfield Hall), The Wee Wool Shop are Stockists of Stylecraft wool, haberdashery and hand knitted baby clothing and blankets. Open Monday to Friday […]
Who can remember Capitol, located at the corner of the former Clydeview Shopping Centre (East). This photo from 2001. Did you work there?
Who remembers the Apollo Bar at Main Street, High Blantyre? This picture shows its final years, the “for sale” sign up just after the Millennium, perhaps as late as 2008. For a short time after it became an Indian Restaurant. The building looks in a sorry state now and plans to convert it into shops […]
Who remembers this? Remember when fire destroyed the shops at Coatshill? Early 80s? How improved that whole area is now compared to those days. Thanks to Marion Brownlie for sharing this picture. What year was this?
Due to the dangerous condition of the tenements opposite ASDA, one of Blantyre’s best butchers closed on 6th January 1979. A shocked Peter Craig had received a letter from the Regional Council on Monday 11th December 1978, giving him just 3 weeks to pack up and move out (including the Christmas holiday!) Peter who had […]