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Gordon Cook recently shared this wonderful photo of a Blantyre Tram. I haven’t seen this one before, so hopefully it’s new for you too. I wasn’t able to work the location out, but I’m suspecting its around the former Priory Bridge tram stop. The treeline matches up pretty well to a photo I recently posted. […]
Two photos. Same location, but 100 years apart. This is the bottom of Stonefield Road, Blantyre. The photo looks northwards towards St Joseph’s Hall. Looking at these pictures, I think I know which one I prefer. What’s your memories of this area? Sidenote: I still don’t have an accurate year for the old School Chapel […]
I’m not sure who this rather trendy chap is in the foreground, but I DO know that he’s in Blantyre! This photo is from Springtime 1979 and is of course Glasgow Road, From the top of John Street, it looks over to the south side of the road. The traffic lights at the junction of […]
Could things BE any more different? Looking at this photo of Glasgow Road, nothing remains of these buildings anymore. Today this exact scene looks VERY different and will likely shock younger generations just how different Blantyre once looked. Looking at the older photo, I’m reminded of once similar sized towns like for example Larkhall, which […]
Today’s photos, although a little colour faded are from 1981. Almost 40 years ago, the junctions of Forrest Street and John Street are photographed as part of the evolving, changing scene that year in Glasgow Road, Blantyre. A yellow van approaches the junction of Forrest Street, the caravan now sitting where Andy’s Tyres now is. […]
I think this photo is probably the early 1970’s. It’s most definitely Glasgow Road, Blantyre looking westwards. Taken from near Stonefield Parish Church, I can see Walter Batters Ironmongers in the middle of the photo and Lightbody’s Bakery on the far right. What’s your memories of the buildings and businesses in this photo?
Here’s a fantastic nostalgic photo you won’t have seen before. It’s Glasgow Road in the early 1970s looking east. In the foreground is the Cosy Corner Pub at the corner of Greenside Street leading off to the left. To put this in context Greenside Street would be where the bus stop is now in front […]
Next, we go to Miller’s Laun tenements on the north side of Glasgow Road. Pictured at 196 Glasgow Road is Wullie Pate’s Newsagents. To the right is Jean Stewarts shop and the Chemist shop to the right again. This building was once approximately where the pavement is now in front of the Sports Centre. What’s […]
Next, as we take our trip along more old Blantyre shops, we’re going to William Pates Newsagents. Pictured is Martha Pate (nee Smellie) in the 1950’s. Located at 196 Glasgow Road, the location of this former shop was on the north side of the road and was approximately where the outside of the front of […]