1979, The Blantyre Project
By the start of June 1979, the first ‘positive’ visible signs on site of the multi million pound venture between ASDA and Hamilton District Council was apparent. Phrases like […]
Category Archives: Blantyre Glasgow Road
Livingstone Memorial Church
My history colleague and friend Gordon Cook, kindly provides today’s article which is on the humble beginnings of the Livingstone Memorial Church. Accompanying the words is a lovely colourised postcard […]
Frosty Joe’s
First class Ice Cream Parlour It’s been many years since Glasgow Road had a dedicated Ice Cream Parlour, but the wait is now over, with the arrival of “Frosty Joe’s!” […]
1970s Glasgow Road
Glasgow Road looking eastwards during the 1970s. Whats your memories of this section of the road? Stepek on the corner, before they moved westwards to the corner of Station Road. […]
Glasgow Road looking west
I’ll need to look out the better photo of this, but here is Glasgow Road looking west. Taken around the late 60’s or early 1970’s, Stonefield Parish Church is […]
Clydeview Shopping Centre – plans
Plans – Phase 2 A few people have asked what the new layout for Clydeview Shopping centre’s rebuild will look like. Attached is the planning drawing lifted from South Lanarkshire […]
Clydeview East – End of an Era
Contractors have as of Saturday 14th July 2018, entirely screened off the Eastern block of the Clydeview Shopping Centre, in preparation for forthcoming demolition. As of this week, the 9 […]
Fifteen Hurt in Bus Crash, 1967
13 women and 2 men were injured in early 1967 one Friday when a minibus taking workers home from a factory in East Kilbride, collided with a double decker […]
1989 Glasgow Road
A rare and unusual wintry photograph of Glasgow Road, looking West, taken in 1989. The vantage point appears to be the David Livingstone Church Tower and I suspect this photo […]