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