In May 1980, Hamilton District Court heard how revellers to Blantyre’s Summer Gala in 1979 were left terrified as punks ran amock through the community day, spoiling it for many families. They ran through the fairground at Stonefield Public Park stealing candyfloss from children, pulling one youth to the ground and kicking him. Families scattered […]
To be published on 13th February 2019 Catherine Campbell shared this cheeky photo with us. It was taken in Stonefiel Public park in July 1985 and is of course at the former children’s wading pool. Catherine told me, “My son Mark is pictured. It was a hot summer that year we immigrated to Australia the […]
Another wonderful previously unseen photo! This time, it’s the shady and leafy alcove at Auchentibber Quoiting Green, within the former Italian Gardens. Incredibly, this super clear photo is around 110 years old, an image lifted from a glass plate as photographed by David Ritchie, of High Blantyre. The alcove was next to the former […]
How about this for an amazing picture! It’s actually a postcard from around 1904 showing of course the entrance to High Blantyre Cemetery. Postcard 374 Published by Mrs J Wishart of High Blantyre. The Cemetery is pristine Well kept graves, gravestones all in good repair, benches for sitting to reflect or mourn. An iron […]
I recently met up with Margaret Stewart who lives in High Blantyre to scan some of her old photos of Blantyre. You can imagine my delight when Margaret passed me a little photo album with some great little ‘gems’ in it! Like this photo of the former Auchentibber Gardens, likely taken in the 1920’s. […]
A wonderfully, happy photo of Stonefield Public Park in the early 1970’s. Shared here by Marie Kelly, the woman pictured is Margaret Kelly (Magunnigal) with son Craig. Pictured is the small oval (blue) pool with the park stretching out in the background looking over towards John Street. The horizon may be misleading if you’re […]
Marie and Davie Kelly kindly shared this photo recently. Marie says, “Davie Kelly & I was looking at old pictures & found one of the Blantyre Public Park. We thought you’d like to see it early 1970s” Taken from the back of the tenements on Glasgow Road, the scene is idyllic and a far […]
JJ Young, one of the readers of this page watched the cine films I put up in Summer and enjoyed particularly the ones with children playing at the falls. It brought back memories and coincided with a more recent family event. For, JJ’s own sons recently recreated that scene by jumping into the Milheugh Falls […]