History of Craighead & Whistleberry
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1679
The Tower in the Background – Bothwell Bridge 
x2
Bothwell Bridge – illustration x1
Battle of Bothwell Bridge – painting x1
1806
Forgotten Craighead – weir 1770s x3
1830s
Turner in Blantyre – sketch x1
1847
Bothwell Bridge – engraving x1
1859
Bothwell Bridge – engraving x1 
Lodge which became Bairds Store – near Bairds Rows x2
1870
Bothwell Bridge – by Thomas Annan x2
Craighead House – Brief history of Craighead x1
1878
Baird’s Rows (Craighead Rows) – History x4
Craighead House – Entrance photo x1
Craighead House – Thomas Annan photo x2
1880
Bothwell Bridge – an odd feature x1
Bothwell Bridge – rare photos x1
Bothwell Bridge – rare scene x1
Bothwell Bridge – a rare photo x1
1886
Salvation Army Citadel – Forrest Street Blantyre x1
1893
Blantyre Vics – Cup winners that year x1
1900
Bothwell Bridge – masonic token x3
Bothwell Bridge – figures x1
Craighead Viaduct – photo x1
1902
Sewage outfall – at the Clyde installed x1
Children Injured – at Baird’s Rows
1903
Lido – a great photo of Bothwell Bridge x1
Bothwell Monument – opening x1
Craighead Viaduct – photos x3
River Clyde – at Parkburn x1
Bothwell Memorial – Battle of Bothwell Bridge x1
Lamp Equipment – lost in fire x1
1904
Craighead Viaduct – photos from Gilmours x4
Craighead Viaduct – colourised postcard x1
1905
Prison Baby’s Fate – Craighead Rows x1
1907
Covenanters Memorial – bothwell x1
Connollys Boxing Tent – Joe Smith x1
1908
The Lido– near Bothwell Bridge x1
Blantyre Vics – photo x1
Salvation Army – Anniversary
Glasgow Fair – holidays
Lifeboat Trashed, 1908 x3
1909
Autumnal Matters – news
1910
Craighead Girl held to Ransom – Obstructing her crossingx1
Bothwell Bridge 1910 – Viewpoint of Bothwell Bridge x1
Lost at Whistleberry Curling Pond – Day out ends up lost x2
Craighead – at Whistleberry 1910s postcard x3
Celtic Team – visit Blantyre x1
1913
The Lido at Bothwell Bridge – View of the Lido River areax1
Bothwell Bridge – in colour x1
Sommerville Oil works – fire x1
1914
Blantyre Celtic Football Club – History of the clubx6
1916
One Sided Game – at Castle Park x1
Thefts – from Craighead Coachhouse x1
1917
Provan’s Pitchfork – at Craighead Farm x1
1920
Trains travelling over Craighead – rare photo of viaduct x1
Blantyre Vics – At Forrest Street x1
Craighead – Colliery Bing Collapse x1
1921
Lovers Fatal Walk – accident x1
Aged Watchman – assaulted x1
Colliery Closures – Craighead x1
1923
A Gruesome case never solved – Women’s murder case never closedx1
Blantyre Engineering Works – fire and great photos x9
1925
Craighead – greyhound racetrack x1
Wild Scenes – at Blantyre match x1
1926
Bloody escape – at Baird’s Rows x1
1928
Celtic Melee – at Low Blantyre x1
1929
Lido – at Bothwell Bridge x3
1930
Speedway – and Blantyre x5
A Heartless fine – for blantyre miner x1
1931
Whistleberry Railway Bridge – replacement by contractors x1
Contractors Replace Railway junction – at Whistleberry x1
Whistleberry Bridge replacement – another great photo x1
Doing time for his son – fathers sacrifice x1
1932
Football Crowd mown down – at Forrest Street x1
Ejection of Miners – at Bairds Rows x1
1933
Junior Cup Tie – at Blantyre Vics x2
Travers overcome by gas – Baird’s Rows x1
Spectator dies – at Blantyre Football Match x1
Elizabeth Holmes brought home – Shortcut ends a life x2
1934
Injured in Banana Accident – Glasgow Road x1
Blantyre Vics – Goalmouth moment x1
1935
Police heard fracas – through phone x1
Melee – at Craighead Racetrack x1
Closure of Whistleberry Colliery – end of an era x1
Girl falls 100 foot – fatal fall at Craighead Viaduct x1
Filling up Whistleberry Shafts – Colliery demise x1
Blantyre Fund Payout – widows fund x1
1937
Blantyres First ever Gala Queen – at Forrest St x1
1938
From Exquisite to Expressway – Lido becomes the A725 roadx1
Craighead Viaduct attempted suicide – man saved x1
Craighead Retreat – group photo x1
Infant in the Parcel – River Clyde x1
1939
Typhoid Fever – outbreak at Baird’s Rows x1
The Lido – beautiful photo by local cyclist x1
Craighead – piggery x1
1940
The Lido at Bothwell Bridge x1
1942
Craighead Retreat – A wartime era photo x1
1950
Aerial view of Forrest Street – and John Street x1
Calder Braes – at Craighead x1
1953
Coronation Day – at Bairds Rows x1
1954
Blantyre Engineering Football Team – Craighead x1
Blantyre Railway – near Craighead? x1
1955
Blantyre Oil Works – Forrest Street x1 cr
Forrest Street Aerial – and Craighead rows people x2
Baird’s Store – Glasgow Road x1
Craighead Greyhound Racing Track – aerial photo x1
Tribute to a grand clubman – at Craighead x1
Blantyre Engineering Works – ruler x2
Pete Smith – at Baird’s Rows x1
Playing at the Clyde – Smith family x1
John Street – Piggery x1
1956
The Craighead Viaduct– History of the Railway Piers x15
Ian Cochran – at the Lido x1
1957
Bairds Rows 1957 – photo by Anthony Smith x1
Bairds Rows 1957 – further photos x1
1958
Craighead Viaduct – by Anthony Smith x1
Craighead Rows – snowfight x1
1960
The Lido – near Bothwell Bridge x1
Whisky Galore – at the Lido x1
1963
Craighead Viaduct – railway abandoned structure x2
Boys on Craighead Viaduct – photo x1
Dismantling Craighead Viaducts – photo x2
Craighead Junction – train passes x3
1965
Renovation of Craighead Greyhound Track– Greyhound racing continuesx2
1970
Blantyre Vics – Victory Year x1
1977
The Livingstonian Pub – Shared by Archie Simm x1
1978
Esso Garage – O Neil’s Garage Glasgow Road x1
Blantyre Vics – brochure x1
Craighead Special School – x1
1979
Craighead Bing – levelling x4
Craighead Bing – view towards Glasgow Rd x1
Craighead Bing – Panoramic views x3
Bothwell – Looking over to Blantyre x3
Craighead Bing – more photosx4
Craighead Bing – view across Clyde x1
Craighead Pillars – over River Clyde x1
Criaghead Bing – view to Scottish Water x1
Craighead Bing – more photos x1
1980
Blantyre Victoria – football club x1
Bleak Jobs Front – business fail x1
Blantyre Speedway – track photo x1
1981
Blantyre Stadium Speedway – History of the Speedwayx2
Speedway – remembered x1
Last ever race – speedway x2
Destruction of the Lido – building the A725 x1
Bothwell Bridge – building the expressway x6
Looking to Forrest Street – Photo x1
1982
Blantyre Vics – homecoming x4
Building the new Speedway – Craighead x1
1983
Completion of East Kilbride Expressway – Last section of A725x1
Craighead – aerial photo x1
Devlin Grove – newly built x1
Bothwell Bridge, Construction x1
1985
Whistleberry Road – Comparison x4
Whistleberry Road – photos x3
Whitehill to Blantyre – corridor x3
1986
Blantyre Speedway – final months x1
1990
Demise of Craighead Park – abandoned photo x1
IMO Carwash – Forrest Street x1
1992
Blantyre Vics – Photos of 1992 and 1996 x2
2001
Craighead Retreat – Fire destroys building x1
2002
Craighead Tower – An outbuilding housing a well x4
2008
Craighead School – 60th Anniversary x12
Craighead School – Harvest Festival x12
Craighead School Bus – replaced x3
2009
Blantyres former Focus – DIY store x1
2014
Backmuir Plantation & Auchinraith House – Woods at Auchinraith x4
Blantyre Vics Football Club – The 2014 Reunion x2
2015
Craighead Viaduct – Collapse of Central pier x5
Forgotten pier at the Lido – by Gerry Young x2
Audi Blantyre – opens at Whistleberry x1
2016
The KG Stadium – Forrest Street x2
2017
Bothwell Bridge -photo by Jim Brown x1
Intelligent Signage – my record x1
2020
The Lido – during lockdown x4
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