Let’s go back to before digital photos, back to 1985. These photos are now 35 years old and show the levelled bing at Blantyre Ferme. The former coal bings levelled down and reseeded to create wide, expansive fields, intended to be used for recreation. Some of these fields were to become the Priory Playing fields […]
A few months ago, I posted about popular children’s rhymes, chanted in Blantyre playgrounds by boys and girls. Today, I’m exploring some more, perhaps a little more obscure. These were innocent times, kids spending time playing outside and making up their own games. Interested if anybody has heard of these: I’ve a Laddie in AmericaI’ve […]
In 2007, Vandals broke into the grounds of the Craighead School and set fire to their minibus leaving the whole school absolutely devastated. For over a year, the school had no minibus restricting many of the outings that would have otherwise been possible. The idiots who stooped so low as to torch a school bus […]
I think I may have uncovered evidence of Blantyre’s first petrol station. The Hamilton Advertiser commented on 30th May 1914 that a “Mr. Anderson, The Wheel, Blantyre had just erected a suitable place for the storing of petrol or shell spirit, the largest portion of which was placed below ground level.” Owing to restrictions imposed […]
In early 1914, work began at the Auchentibber Quoiting Green to enhance the grounds. Little did all the workers know that War was around the corner. The intention was to build a pavilion to be used as a tea room. The Scottish Referee Newspaper in June 1914 said the following : “A Beauty Spot – […]
Thanks to Elizabeth Weaver who sent in this great photo of Victoria Street , taken in 1957. I’ve arranged for colour to be added and sharpened. Back in 20214, Elizabeth told me, “It’s funny to see how empty the street is – and to see the old gas lamp. I was only a child when I […]
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