A photo from the late 1990’s. Who remembers Finbarrs’s Pub on Broompark Road? Formerly the Manhatten, and later Carrigans, this building was never anything impressive to look at outside, but did provide good entertainment and a place to enjoy company of friends, for many, many people. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for […]
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Although I’ve already written extensively about this side of Glasgow Road, I’m still amazed when brand new previously unseen photos keep being provided to me! Like this one, from the 1920’s showing the ‘Stonefield Independent Co-op’ butchery (fleshing) department on the south side of Glasgow Road. The shop still exists today, and remarkably still […]
Another mystery photo shared by Margaret Stewart. Blantyre children in an unknown location in Blantyre taken in the 1910’s. These five wee tots are long since passed away. The building they’re pictured at may have been cold and draughty. The patterned glass is broken, the photographer clearly not bothered too much about the background. […]
This photo was amongst Margaret Stewart’s family album of photos. It may be that a family member was part of the WW1 Tank troops, or this had simply been such an interesting development of “modern warfare” that it was put into the album. Certainly seeing tanks in WW1 like these would have given an […]
Gordon Cook sent me this recently asking a good question…. He said, “This photograph is my background on my computer monitor. I’ve looked at it every day. I just noticed this chimney, I think it’s the Auchinraith Colliery chimney, what do you think?” This is of course Main Street, High Blantyre looking eastwards towards […]