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Jim Mackie was surprised this week when a family member contacted him to say he had come across Jim’s old Landrover in Cumbria. Jim had run Blantyre business J&J Mackie Ltd. Jim and his own father built the garage in 1965 and sold up to retire in 1997, the time when he sold on this […]
Looking forward to this! During Lockdown Clydeway Golf Performance Centre at Haughhead, just off Blantyre Ferme Road have been really busy! The crazy putting has had a completed overhaul and is looking fab. A 12 hole fun putting course is ready to be opened soon. Final adjustments and finishing touches are currently being added. Follow […]
Towards the end of 1967, smoke was seen billowing out a building at 5 Logan Street. Upon inspection it was observed that Braidwood Builders had caught alight and soon flames were coming from the roof. The fire happened one Sunday and the fire brigade was called out who soon had the blaze under control. However, […]
Owner of Scottish Brick History website (www.scottishbrickhistory.co.uk) Mark Cranston recently sent me this photo of R McAlpine brick , made at Stonefield, Blantyre. Stonefield Brickfield was established and located at the North East end of John Street in 1841 (then just a track without name). We have a wonderful description preserved in the 1859 valuation […]
Today, I have a previously unseen photo of a former business, Abbott the Plumbers on Main Street, High Blantyre. To put this in context, the tenement you see is now the Shanghai Wok. I think this is 1953, during the Queen’s Coronation. Union Jack flags are on the buildings and as you’ll see from more of […]
I’m trying to work out what year this photo was. The story is the picture represents 40 years of the Jack Horner Playgroup being in High Blantyre. I can say Mary Carr from the butchers and Cllr Bert Thomson. I also see Cathy McInally at the back. To celebrate the event, pupils from John Ogilvie […]
Jim Cochrane has shared this photo recently which shows one of Duncan Brothers skip hire lorries. Duncan Brothers were based at 2 – 18 Glasgow Road at Springwells, the name ‘Duncan’ long associated with those addresses. I’ll be writing later in the year about all the properties and prominent families who lived on the North […]
Imagine this for a moment…..it’s 3rd September, 1939. The prime Minister has just declared War on Germany and like many people in the Country, Blantyre residents listening to the radio were fearful about what kind of war would be coming, what kind of scale it would be on and nervous about their loved ones going off […]
Warnock & Walker – were also known as Warnock, Walker & Co (Contractors). This was a former late 19th Century joinery business at High Blantyre formed in 1877. In July 1877, they were advertising for workers in their mill. According to Naismith’s Directory of 1879, it comprised of two formidable skilled tradesmen, namely Mr David […]