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These two views are from September 1979. Taken in Bothwell, it’s a rare angle for this website, looking back over the River Clyde towards Craighead/Ireland Alloys and Whistleberry in the background. With thanks to George Hay for sharing.
The children attending the E.U. Congregational Church on Craig Street held their annual outing on the afternoon of Saturday 5th August 1916. As war continued in Europe, the children of the Sabbath School (Sunday School) assembled at the church, and were conveyed in lorries kindly granted by the local contractors to Calderglen, the private home […]
This previously unseen photo is of course the former Auchentibber Quoiting Green. Taken just over a hundred years ago in the 1910’s, it’s in remarkable clarity. Indeed, I can zoom in on the children’s faces, the sign on the pol, the litter in the waste paper baskets and the Statue of Poseidon! To put this […]
This photo from the 1910’s shows the former Auchentibber Gardens, in particular, a raised terrace, once behind the old Inn. Today, this would be behind the War Memorial. As seen in this photo from my collection, over 100 years ago, wooden steps led up to an elevated position , protected by stone walls. An archway […]
How about this for a beautiful photo! This is the former Auchentibber Gardens, which were once located in the flat area behind the current Auchentibber War Memorial. Remarkably, this previously unseen photo is over 100 years old, dating likely to the early 1910’s. A wooden garden seat, painted white (likely with lead paint!), is a […]
Going back next to this smashing picture from 1927/1928. Pictured is the old road at Priory Bridge. It may be difficult to put this in context as its so completely changed. The modern road avoided this dangerous S bend and from the foreground heads now out the picture to the right. Back then, traffic including […]
I hope you like this photo. Previously unseen online it was taken around 1900 right on the Blantyre Parish Boundary. A group of late Victorian figures stand, finely dressed on the banks of the river which would eventually become the Lido. This was a time before trams. No tram standards on the bridge yet and […]
I love this photo. Previously unseen online and photographed by David Ritchie around the 1910’s, it shows a man with this cart and horse on the General’s Bridge, Stoneymeadow. Such a clear photo for being nearly 110 years old. The man is unknown but his satchel would suggest he may have been a salesman, collecting […]