I was looking at this old 1773 map of Blantyre area and happened to glance over the boundary beyond where Calderglen would be, towards Redlees and Newton. I was surprised to see something marked “Fallside Military Encampment” just beyond Spittal. Although this is marked slightly outwith Blantyre Parish, I wondered if anybody knows anything about […]
Here’s a view you won’t see often. Photographed from the steeple of the Livingstone Church in 1989 is the view across Blantyre to the north, looking down on to the TWO manses, (Livingstone and St Joseph’s Manses). Looks cold, perhaps the afterwards of prolonged, snowy weather. These prominent houses cannot really be seen from Glasgow […]
Zooming in on a photo scanned in good detail, here are a couple of carters at Barnhill in the 1920’s. The Barnhill Tavern is out the picture to the right. The road is Bardykes Road looking north. Some dating evidence. The whitewashed cottage (Aggie Bains) is different from today , still with part of […]
With thanks to Brian Weaver for sharing this photo. Pictured in Summer 1967 or so is the bottom of Sydes Brae. The former Dixon’s bings are beginning to be removed. Its clear how rural everything still is and there are no Jerusalem houses built yet. You’ll see that Mr Dale, the Old Parish Minister has […]
During the 1930’s, situated between Logan Street moving east was a small wooded area, which ran through to Church Street. The wood ran alongside the drill hall, what we know now as “Terminal One” Youth building. The name “St John’s Wood” was common to the 1930’s and 1940’s era and was less used post […]
I asked, “Before the Sports Centre in early 1980’s, where did Blantyre folks go to swim? Hamilton? Bellshill? EK?” I remember going to Bellshill baths in the 1970”s every Saturday morning. Memories of that included the huge steps at the entrance to the baths, the plastic changing room crates for clothes, the high dales, particularly […]
A beautiful sunrise this morning over Kirkton. This is home area for me, the place i’m most bonded do, and most definitely where my heart is.