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Its an outdoor sport long since gone in Blantyre, but curling was once a very popular pastime in this town. In fact Blantyre had several rinks including at the Calder (pictured), Greenhall, Auchinraith and Stonefield. It’s the Stonefield rink which is the subject of our story today. On 25th January 1910, that Burns Night was […]
Let me tell you a story next. Once upon a time there was a beautiful park which went by the name Stonefield Public Park. I say “went”, for now it is officially known as McAnulty Park. Since the 1930’s, a place of beauty which installed a huge sense of pride in the community as well […]
Officials , volunteers and local residents officially opened the brand new Blantyre Community Garden last night adjacent to the Rowan Hall. The serene and transformed outdoor space at the Blantyre Soccer Academy, officially called “Blantyre Community Garden”, was the product of many months of hard work which aimed to create a functional community garden space, […]
A busy week this week, especially in the Village with the opening of the brand new Community Playpark at David Livingstone Birthplace, just off Station Road. As our photos show, contractors have been working hard on the new £115k playpark, which officially will open to the public this Thursday, 1st July 2021. It was a […]
I love this photo for a whole load of reasons, the first one being it’s a great photo of my father, Joe Veverka. This is August 1969 and he’s here in Scotland on holiday for the first time. Hardly able to speak much English, he was bowled over by the warmth of the country, it’s […]
A last look for now at Greenhall House in High Blantyre. These are the former gardens, which once sat at the side of the grand house. The road in the background is now the Carpark at Greenhall, so this area here would be where the low, black railings and seats currently now, the ground sloping […]
Continuing our look at Greenhall Estate this week. This photo from the 1940’s was shared by the Paul family a few years back. This nice garden was attached to the former grand Greenhall House and putting this in context today, it would be where the swings and playpark was in Greenhall during the 1970s, 80s […]