With thanks to the very kind June Stone, the former warden of Devlin Grove who has graciously given me this original “Pictorial Review” published by the Hamilton Advertiser in 1930. At almost 90 years old, it cost a whopping 5 shillings at the time, around £20 in today’s money and is absolutely jam packed full […]
I’d never seen this photo before until recently. From 1903, I’d initially not paid much attention to it, as it was taken in Motherwell, not Blantyre. However, zooming in a little closer, I could see it’s a tramcar heading for Blantyre, the sign visible on the top deck. This car must have trundled along Glasgow […]
Bernice Cox messaged, “My great grandfather, Matthew LINDSAY (married to Catherine CORNFIELD), was fishing or poaching probably, salmon from the River Clyde on 27th May 1878. He was spotted by the gamekeeper who set off across the river in a boat and Matthew took off running. He collapsed and died at the scene and […]
The newly completed David Livingstone Bridge back in 2000. The bridge was completed in 1999. Everything looking pretty new, including the concrete abutments. This, the current bridge, is the 3rd bridge over the River Clyde at Blantyre Works, since the mid 19th Century.
This illustration dates from 1778 and shows in some detail the ruins of Bothwell Castle. Pictured from the inside, the scene is not too different today. Bothwell Castle’s construction started c1245 but wasn’t finished by the wars of Independence. It fell out of use c1645. It was used as a walled garden for the new Bothwell […]
My friend Alex Rochead was walking in the Calder at New Year and found a couple of these bricks marked “Moore”. Wondering if they were from Wardrop Moore’s Greenhall brickie, Alex shared the pictures here. I was wondering if any brick experts could advise? I think that Wardrop Moore’s Craigmuir brickie stamped their bricks with […]
Alicejan Sweeney messaged me recently saying, “My mum found a photo of the Priory Street Coronation Party. My mum Elizabeth Sweeney (Wright) is the baby in the 2nd back row wearing a bonnet. My Uncle Iain Wright is to the right of her, my gran Alice Wright (Maxwell) is the lady standing on the right, […]
Love this photo! From 1903, it shows the popularity at the start of the Tram Network throughout Lanarkshire. Whilst the photo was taken for a postcard in 1903 in Motherwell, the tram at the front is heading for Blantyre. Men and women in an open top packed car, this would have felt like the future […]