I’ve previously written about the Blantyre Priory Colliery Bing collapses catastrophically into the River Clyde during 1944. This happened right next to the priory as per the marked up aerial photo attached. My photo of 1947 taken from the top of the Priory Bing shows just how much the collapse had affected the River Clyde, […]
I have a tree in my back garden at Croftfoot, High Blantyre which I believe is quite unique for Blantyre. The Catalpa tree is normally native to parts of America and the Caribbean and is not really a tree accustomed for Scotland. “Catalpa” is the American Indian word for “tree”. Preferring warm climates, it […]
On 30th August 2015, a mystery was presented to me, and solved in the same day by another person. Blantyre man Gordon Cook took this photo in 1974. He asked, “The photo is just before McFarlane’s scrap yard, where the wee car park is today before you turn the corner into Calderside and on to Camp […]
A nice clear photo of Blantyre Train Station, looking towards Glasgow. This photo is from 1961 with white picket fences, well looked after buildings. I actually prefer this rather than the plastic cladded, bright orange feel to the station today. On social media: Catherine Davidson That’s “progress” I’m afraid. Ray Couston What happened? frown emoticon Thomas Barrett I can […]
Walking in Greenhall Park in August 2015, I noticed that large areas of the sloping field were covered in little mounds of earth. This is of course due to the burrowing nighttime activity of moles. It reminded me of my grandmother, Mary Duncan (nee Danskin) of Stonefield Crescent. During the 1970’s, my gran, then in […]
Pictured here in 1930 is High Blantyre Train Station looking northwards. The long shadows falling west, suggests the photo was taken one morning in that Winter. The signs say “Cross the Railway on the Bridge only” a drive towards removing the accidents that once frequented Blantyre’s railways from pedestrian traffic. The line curves over Main […]
When I heard that 2 new Wind Turbines were being erected in August 2015 somewhere at Auchentibber, I rushed up that week to walk my dog and investigate. There, behind Calderside Farm, near Campknowe were the 2 new turbines, (smaller than I expected, but still large enough to be seen from over at East Kilbride). […]