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High Blantyre is set to receive a multi-million pound economic boost as Crossbasket Castle Holdings Ltd progress plans for a brand new licensed hotel, spa and restaurant!! Planning has been submitted last month for an exciting new development expanding Crossbasket. The proposals aim to create many dozens of quality jobs in the immediate area. This […]
A couple of photos next from 1983. Looking over to the north side of Glasgow Road is of course Devlin Grove. This building is now some 37 years old and was designed to provide some frontage back on to Glasgow Road after so much of it had been demolished. Today, the front of this building […]
Today’s rather wintry picture will be familiar to many people and is of course, Milheugh Bridge at the Calder. This snowy scene was taken in the 1970’s, which explains why many of the trees are much smaller than they are today. By the time of this picture, this bridge had only existed for about 2 […]
When the tenement buildings were demolished along Glasgow Road, it created wide open expanses. These photos from 1981 show how caravans made the most of the new space with travellers setting up at various points along the road. Building work went on around them as new boundaries and fences went up. Marking out a Blantyre […]
Things have been difficult for Churches, Ministers and their congregations in 2020. The global health pandemic has prevented the usual close, face to face contact that is so important in communities all over Scotland. But like so many others this year, Churches have adapted and tried different things like broadcasting live services to ensure communities […]
Today’s photos, although a little colour faded are from 1981. Almost 40 years ago, the junctions of Forrest Street and John Street are photographed as part of the evolving, changing scene that year in Glasgow Road, Blantyre. A yellow van approaches the junction of Forrest Street, the caravan now sitting where Andy’s Tyres now is. […]
A couple of photos from 37 years ago. Going back to 1983, this scene is strangely familiar, yet different. Blantyre ASDA carpark. The store, complete with its old orange logo had only been opened for a couple of years but had already made its mark on Blantyre. The wooden picket fencing was never going to […]
Staying on a theme of Mickey’s Cafe on Stonefield Road….what about a photo of the man himself! This is Mickey Valerio and his wife Elvira, parents of Tommy Valerio. I’m sure seeing Mickey again will bring back lots of memories for people of a certain age. What’s YOUR memories of Mickey/. What else can you […]
With thanks to Valerie Krawcyzk for this next photo. Valerie has a note written on this saying it’s Alex, Iain and Martha Smellie. (Alex and Iain are twins). Little Martha in this photo would grow up to marry Wullie Pate, the newsagent and is Valerie’s mother. Wanting to know more or perhaps try to date […]