This great photo was taken at the bottom of Stonefield Road in the winter of 1978/1979. Shared here by Sandy Wilkie, it shows some of the more popular shops many of us remember. In the foreground most notably is Mickey’s Cafe and on the opposite side of the close, James Hastie bakers. These shops […]
Cloudhowe Terrace are ‘modern’ council built houses situated on the south of Glasgow Road across from Coatshill and adjacent to the Westend. Built in 1952 and throughout 1953, the first tenants moved into these desirable homes of the time in Summer 1953. Set back off the Glasgow Road on the former site of Walker’s […]
Who remembers this? Main Street in 1989 or 1990. In photos kindly shared by Sandy Wilkie of Bardykes, they show the final years of the tenements near Kirkton Cross and a time when the little cottage, now a ruin, was still occupied. Remember the little circular park near the top cross? I can’t say I […]
Although the houses at Rowan Place do not have Glasgow Road addresses, they require to be included in this book due to having frontage along a proportion of Glasgow Road. Situated across from the entrance to the ‘Dandy’, these 12 single storey houses were constructed especially with pensioners in mind. Built in the […]
Further photos of the Pipe band leading the Scout Parade during the 1960’s at High Blantyre’s Main Street. This is near the top of Kirkton Cross, not far from the lights. The wooden trellises on the right, the beginning of a little circular park where now the modern flats at the corner of Douglas […]
These photos are from the 1960’s. Taken on High Blantyre’s Main Street, the buildings in the background are the Masonic Buildings and the little one storey cottage now derelict but still standing. The 2 storey tenements in the foreground, now demolished. The pipe band marches westwards back up to High Blantyre Old Parish Halls. […]
Another previously unseen online photo! This time going back to the 1960’s to High Blantyre Main Street. On the left just out the picture would be modern day “Family Shopper” or people may remember the Stones Hotel in the era pictured. The gable end just after the low wall is where Wilson’s shop was, […]