The first week in November 1980, wasn’t a good week for the traders on the Stonefield Park side of Glasgow Road. They were told they would have to be out their premies by February 1981 at the latest for the next part of demolition of Glasgow Road tenements. Many traders were shocked to learn of […]
13th July 1982. The Clydeview Shopping Centre hadn’t yet been opened even 2 years but some of the units were still boarded up. I can see Lightbodys Bakers next to Glen Travel. Also Motorist Discount Centre (MDC) on the corner. The centre looks very familiar, clean but the hard landscaping pretty “bog standard”. This was […]
In October 1980, Blantyre had a problem. With a new shopping centre on Glasgow Road taking shape, nobody had any real idea what to call it! The matter was left to councillors to decide, but this also proved problematic with several suggestions put forward and none able to be agreed upon. The name had to […]
Here’s a great picture! From 5th March 1980, this is the former market site hardstanding, formerly in front of Hastie’s Farm. The area is now the Victoria Care Home. A lone, old van sits on the derelict site (anybody know whose van it is?!). In the foreground is Victoria Street. Even by the time of […]
Brid Graney emailed to say, “Hello. I recently found out that my great grandfather from Ireland worked in Blantyre from 1898 and died in 1908. He was buried in St. Peter’s Dalbeth. My family and I are planning a visit to the cemetery in June and would like to make a short visit to Blantyre. […]
After all the uncertainty in Blantyre around Glasgow Road Re-development in the late 1970s, people in the town finally received some welcome news. The brand new ASDA, in 1980 then still being built was looking to hire upwards of 300 people and for many, it was an answer to mass unemployment in the town. August […]
Another fantastic new photo of the Demolition of the former Burleigh Church. This time viewed from Herbertson Street looking northwards to Glasgow Road. Doonin’s lorries are parked up ready to haul away the demolition material. The Burleigh Church already demolished in a pile at the back. By 1978, some of Glasgow Road was already starting […]
Warwick Brunton who lives in New Zealand messaged me recently, saying, “My grandparents (Walter Brunton (1873-1958) and Jane Galloway Neilson (1879-1939) whilst living in Blantyre joined up to the Salvation Army.” Here’s a great picture which hopefully is a first time seeing this! It’s a little damaged but its remarkable journey will explain. Pictured is […]