Today I received a wonderful message from Australian, George Cochrane, whose father fought in the First World War and after being injured, was attended to at Caldergrove House, right on the boundary of Blantyre and Cambuslang. For those not aware of Caldergrove, it was a large detached villa in its own grounds by the Rotten Calder […]
Researched by Paul Veverka. Words from the book, “Blantyre Glasgow Road South – The Real Story” (c) 2017 **Update: Since writing this, I have revisited and now have a huge amount of expanded detail about John Ness, available in the Feb 2020 book, “Blantyre People” by Paul Veverka (c) 2020 During the late 19th Century […]
An old postcard from just over 100 years ago showing Calderwood Castle. Sitting on the east Kilbride side of Calderwood Glen, the former castle is no longer there, long since demolished. How amazing it would have been for this building to have survived and for the paths either side of the River Calder to […]
A school photo next! From 1984, its the turn of Auchinraith Primary School. Shared by Hazel Krawczyk (who is pictured at sitting near the front beside the teacher), this class photo will hold memories for many people. Do you recognise anybody in Class P7 / 6? Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not […]
Stonefield Parish School Monday 25th October 1875 was a monumental day for Blantyre. In previous years the Village school at Blantyre Works had been filled to capacity and throughout 1875, no less than two new schools were being built. The first being Stonefield Parish School (affectionately known as Ness’ School) located on the later […]
Taken from High Blantyre behind the Church, this 1967 view looks across towards the former Dixon’s Pit, which is being removed in the background. The Kirkton Housing estate in the middle of the photo with County Buildings in the background. To the left the Manse wall beside Douglas Street. The house under the large […]
Stonefield Parish Infant School ‘Stonefield Parish Infant School’ being a bit of mouthful, the toddlers school in Low Blantyre was nicknamed by locals as “The Wee School.” It is incorrectly written in publications by others that the infant school was immediately behind Stonefield Parish School, but this wasn’t the case. The former infant school […]
