Jackson Street was a small dead end street during the 20th Century which developed from a field boundary of the former Springwell Farm. Branching off to the South of Glasgow Road it was once suggested to me that the street may have taken its name from former Councilor Jackson of Bardykes, who did so much […]
Let’s go the 1930’s next…a photo showing Victoria Street in Blantyre. Looking South, the photo is taken from outside the former Health Institute. The homes in the Crescents were fairly new, no more than a decade old and the county council established a popular playpark pictured here on the left. Children and prams play on […]
This postcard, I believe dates from the early 1900’s and is likely more than 110 years old. Featuring the bottom of Stonefield Road, you can just see a hint of Calder Street leading off to the right. This is an interesting area I hope to write about in detail some day. There’s a lot to […]
A little extract from Jimmy Cornfields ‘flitting’ story where a cairt is taken around some streets in Blantyre as a family move home. The map is 1910, but the story is a couple of decades later. Jimmy wrote, “The cairt went up Dixon Street, turned right intae Stonefield Road, passin’ Jock Miller’s Piggery, Murdoch’s Pub, […]
Staying with the same area of Auchinraith Road as yesterday’s photo, here’s another photo of Beatons, this time from 1992. Taken some 29 years ago by Gordon Cook, this was taken from around the shop area looking across to the edge of the timber houses. This was the site of the former refuse tip. The […]
There’s very little left of this scene at Hunthill Road, High Blantyre. All the buildings on the right are now demolished replaced by modern homes. Only a couple of the cottages on the left remain, the taller tenement also demolished. We’re looking north eastwards. Putting this in context, beyond the far beyond on the road […]
How much things have changed in almost 100 years. This photo dates between mid 1925 – 1928 and predates the upgrade of Hunthill Road and Bardykes Road in 1929 or arrival of the steel homes. Two wee boys sit out on the road at the kerbside, playing contently, knowing they would have PLENTY of time, […]