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It’s hard to believe but this was almost 40 years ago. The photo was taken on 13th July 1982 at Elm Street at its junction with the developing Glasgow Road. The flats are on the right hand side, now part of Elm Court. Town planners clearly had a look and feel for the new Glasgow […]
In April 1911, the Committee of the District of the Middle Ward of the County of Lanark was seeking to improve pedestrian crossing points on Lanarkshire’s muddy roads. Perhaps something we take for granted these days, but 110 years ago, the simple act of crossing the road could leave your boots far from sparkling. Crossing […]
I’ve absolutely no idea where this photo came from in my files, but I’ve got a questionmark against it whether it is Blantyre or not? For the record, I think it IS Blantyre, perhaps around 1980 or so. I think this is Glasgow Road looking east towards Burnbank and suspect the road leading off to […]
Some more photos now of the Traveller site that sprang up on Glasgow Road in 1981. Taken 40 years ago, the caravans are located near the top of John Street and at the top of Forrest Street. Vantage points are from across Glasgow Road in the foreground. Can anybody remember the caravans. Looks like the […]
The scene is strangely familiar, yet different and dated. This is the entrance to Asda Petrol Station in Blantyre taken from just before Logan Street in 1983. The ESSO Petrol Station had a central kiosk, long before the days of paying at the pump. Petrol looks to be 45.5p per litre and you’ll notice the […]
This photo can be dated to 1981. It is of course an emerging new Glasgow Road facing west. Some sweeping changes taking place. The St Andrews Church had just been built on the site of the former Stonefield Parish Church but the windows were still not in, boarded up, the construction ongoing. Various tenements on […]
It’s hard to believe this was 38 years ago, but it was! In 1983 this is Clydeview Shopping Centre on Glasgow Road. I can just about make out Clydesdale Electricals and a queue forming outside the Abbey National. I was never a fan of Clydeview shopping centre mainly due to the fact that so many […]