In early 1922 gas lamps along Glasgow Road were replaced with electric lighting, not without its share of problems, I may add. This left the Parish Council with lots of redundant equipment which they promptly advertised for sale in an advert placed in the Scotsman in March that year. Up for sale were 28 […]
These photos are from 1999. Nothing too remarkable but at almost 2 decades old and a time before Digital Photography or Google Earth, they’re worth showing. I think it’s Livingstone Crescent, Coatshill. (not difficult to work out who that was named after!) The photos are perhaps only of interest if you actually lived or are […]
James D Brown of Calderside House kindly shared this photo adding, “This is George Brown (my father), Mary Brown (mother), Christine Brown (sister) leaning on my car, taken from the front door at 27 Jedburgh Street, Blantyre.” The car and clothes give away the era, and the houses whilst familiar to what they look like […]
Taking you all now to 1960. Pictured is the old chip shop on Fernslea Avenue at the junction of Oaklea Crescent. The picture looks north towards the old St Blanes school. The houses adjacent on Fernslea Avenue look fairly new, the roughcast still pristine, with young hedgerows in the gardens. What’s your memories of […]
Landscaping Work Progresses The ASDA retail units may not be getting built anytime soon, but there’s a plus point. There’s quite an open view forming from Craig Street and Asda Car Park, all the way down to the Public Park, opening up the space which we think will look green (if not fairly redundant) in […]
In September 1979, three streets in the centre of Blantyre were blocked off (for their own good, it was said!) Hamilton District Council had decided in August that year they would block off the end of Elm Street, Logan Street and Greenside Street because of redevelopment in the area. The plan was to prevent traffic […]
I DO LOVE a photo with no date! Being sent undated photos is like a little challenge to me, to try to close down the decade the photo was taken, or even possibly find out the year. I’d seen this photo of Douglas Street before in the late Neil Gordon’s book back in 2004. […]
A photo from 126 years ago! This is High Blantyre at Douglas Street in 1892, looking across to the newly constructed church halls. In the foreground is a wooden cart, likely belonging to the whitewashed smiddy adjacent. Behind it is the Kirkyard Cemetery and behind that the tenements near Kirkon’s High Blantyre Cross. During […]
