Heather McWilliam, who lives in New Zealand, recently shared these two Blantyre related photos. This is a photo of her aunt, uncle, and dad (Margaret, Archie and Jack McWilliam) and we believe it is in the back garden of 28 Stonefield Crescent, sometime around 1946. Heather told me, “I’ve also attached another picture taken the […]
I’m looking forward to writing a sequel to my Glasgow Road book, which will this time be all about the businesses and homes on the North side of the road. I’ve been collecting many photos for that purpose. Like this one of the former Victoria Cafe, just after it had been boarded and bricked up. […]
Some modern history for you all today. Who remembers Blantyre Station car park being constructed? Rob Gordon has kindly shared these pictures which were taken (he thinks) in September 2003. This is of course Blantyre Station entrance and carpark, being upgraded for all the current car parking spaces and turning circle it has now. Twenty […]
This photo taken by David Ritchie dates from the first decade of the 20th Century, making it now well over 110 years old. From a vantage point in the Rotten Calder River, it looks back on the former Calderwood Castle. The Blantyre side of the riverbank being on the right. At the time this was […]
This snowy scene was photographed by Gordon Cook almost 40 years ago in 1984. Worth showing here as there’s an interesting piece of history attached to Calderwood North Lodge, located at Stoneymeadow Road. This was the former Calderwood Castle lodge house and entranceway to visit the castle. At the time of the attached postcard from […]
This great photo was taken by the RAF In 1950. It features the village and Station Road area. My friends Gordon Cook and Alex Rochead and I were recently discussing features in this photograph trying to work out what row of homes were previously called “Glasgow Row” and if they still existed by that time. […]
It’s great to see photos by film cameras taken before digital or google street maps. An interesting photo shared here by Rob Gordon. The date is unknown, but I’m not sure though this is the demolition of the toilets(?|), which I think happened in the 1990s. The green facades of the shops further up the […]