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There’s something a little spooky but still fascinating when somebody contacts you with photos of furniture once in your own home before you lived there! That happened to me this week when Jan Jackson shared these photos of wonderful furniture that once adorned Croftfoot, in High Blantyre. A tall grandfather clock, a Georgian writing Bureau […]
How quickly nature can reclaim things that are not maintained. Like for example the grasslands within an urban landscape. In Blantyre, like all towns in the UK, many of the grassy spaces have not been cut for months due to the Covid19 pandemic which closed the country down on 23rd March 2020. Now, nearing the […]
Look at this beastie! A friend of mine was alarmed when her child ran in screaming. This was the sight that confronted her! An unusual creature, winged with a strange body. It was still alive and though they trapped it in a large glass jar, it was released safely later that day. After some research […]
Have you seen the new additions at Greenhall Farm, High Blantyre?! Meet Poppy and Ellie! These beautiful alpacas are now settling into their new home. Remember! When Visiting the Shop or Cafe please don’t feed them. They will keep their distance until they get used to things.
Here’s something you don’t normally see in local parades nowadays. Floats! Pictured in 1981 are several floats for the gala that year. Current health and safety rules mean a whole new level of safety needs to be considered before floats are permitted (an end to dangling legs over large wheels!) The decline of floats […]
Here’s an uncommon, hidden view of some existing steps. This set of stone steps is at the side of the Priory Bridge which crosses the Rotten Calder river on the boundary of Blantyre and Cambuslang Parishes. The entrance from the old abandoned former road has been blocked up. The steps are near Bardykes Mill, which […]
Stacey Ann Baker shared this photo of an old boot. She told me, “My husband and boys found this old boot today. It was made from really thick leather and seemed to be very old! They found it around where the red dot is on the map.” What do you think? How old do you […]
Jimmy Whelan sent over this photo. He used to live in the village and in 2002, all residents were given one of these at the time to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee. Jimmy Cornfield used to produce a regular magazine and its thought it was his idea to commemorate the Golden Jubilee with this medal on […]
Now, I have to admit if I was walking at Calderglen Park and saw this and knowing there was a former castle nearby, I would have walked on thinking it was part of the demolition rubble. To my untrained eye, this looks like a piece of ornate sandstone. However, I would have been wrong in […]