Who remembers the round table Donkey Derby?! From the 1980’s, in the field in front of Bardykes House (before the current homes were built), this picture looks across Bardykes Road with the derby in full swing in the foreground. Organised by the Round Table, these were popular fundraiser events at a time just prior to […]
George Young has shared this excellent photo of Auchentibber which he took back at the end of 2017. What a beautiful sky and something to be appreciative of. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said, Leigh Ann Lyon Wow Blantyre Project after the […]
Strangely, this scene is still very familiar today, despite it being almost 30 years ago. Pictured is Hamilton Road leading out of High Blantyre, the church just out of view on the right hand side. The tree is a little bit larger now in the kirkyard, but even back then was still impressive. However, […]
This great photo is Pete and Anthony Smith at Craighead Viaduct. The date is 1958. Taken from the Blantyre side, it shows the former railway viaduct in good perspective and indeed the elevated pedestrian walkway below the track. Houses can be seen on the Bothwell side in the background. The viaduct spans the River Clyde […]
When I first saw this photo it was difficult to picture where in Blantyre it was. However, putting into context, its around 1989 and taken from the Disaster Monument at Kirkton, High Blantyre looking northwards across to where Kirk Care now is today. At a time before the care home was built, gone are the […]
Incredibly, this scene is alleged to date to the 1870’s. Taken by pioneering early photographer J McGhie, is shows the bend in the River Clyde, Blantyre side on the left and Bothwell Castle in the background. At over 140 years old, this was a time in Blantyre right at the start of the coal […]
What a lovely day for a sit on the Blantyre side, by the River Clyde at Bothwell Bridge! This charming photo however, is all the more remarkable in that it was taken nearly 140 years ago, even half a century BEFORE the Lido park was formed, a quarter century even before trams started running […]