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 […]
Next, the story of a Blantyre lady who found herself in bother with the law when trying to hide a deserting soldier. Mary Smith Lynch lived at Hart’s Land, on Glasgow Road, Blantyre (the approximate area is now just in front of the Leisure Centre). Back in March 1918, Mary was charged at Hamilton Sheriff […]
I’d never seen this photo before until recently. From 1903, I’d initially not paid much attention to it, as it was taken in Motherwell, not Blantyre. However, zooming in a little closer, I could see it’s a tramcar heading for Blantyre, the sign visible on the top deck. This car must have trundled along Glasgow […]
Love this photo! From 1903, it shows the popularity at the start of the Tram Network throughout Lanarkshire. Whilst the photo was taken for a postcard in 1903 in Motherwell, the tram at the front is heading for Blantyre. Men and women in an open top packed car, this would have felt like the future […]
The entire, excellent photo of Stonefield Independent Co-op taken nearly 100 years ago on the south side of Glasgow Road. The butchers shop is shown and beyond it, in the 2 storey building dating from 1891, are other co-op departments. This is 241 Glasgow Road and the lower shop in this building next to the […]
Even in the vilest weather passengers on buses can travel between Cambuslang and Blantyre in comparative comfort with little chance of catching pneumonia, but for passengers 100 years ago, it was a very different case! For people especially in Winter it was a miserable experience being on a busy tram ‘caur’. During mid day […]
351 Glasgow Road in 1979 , adjacent to the start of Cloudhowe Terrace, once had a large nursery at the back of it. The former Bowie’s Nursery was the subject of much contention in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. Hamilton District Council and an Edinburgh Housing Association got into a right pickle when attempting […]