Another mystery photo from George Patterson. This looks like one of the Church Halls, perhaps the 1950s or 60’s. Do you recognise the venue, the occasion or anybody in the photo? Something happy by the looks of all these smiles! Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on […]
I found this interesting advert from 1855. It describes a house and garden for sale in High Blantyre, being part of the Lintbuts and Backloan Meadow. A home of William Blackley who had the Causeystanes public house prior to son Arthur Blackley building the current pub. This advert is 163 years old and Backloan […]
I was delighted to find this newspaper report from 1853, which provided a little more information on the arrival of the first Suspension Bridge at Blantyre Works. Can you imagine all those years ago, celebrating the arrival of an accessible Village bridge connecting Bothwell to Blantyre. From the ‘Scottish Guardian’ Newspaper on 22nd February […]
George Patterson shared this photo, which admittedly is a little bit of a mystery. A Blantyre photo, from the 1940s, featuring Blantyre people. Does anybody recognise the venue, which is clearly full of all men? Do you recognise anybody or know the occasion? A long shot, but always worth asking when unusual photos come […]
School holidays got off to a GREAT start at High Blantyre Primary today, when the children of Primary 1 and 2 each received a goodie bag, packed full of sweets and small toys! The treat was a gift from Blantyre Project worth £162, raised via sales of books at the recent Gala Weekend. Each child […]
You may have noticed our brand new navigation menu this evening. It forms another necessary upgrade this week and using state of the art technology adds further function and capability to Blantyre Project, future proofing it for further content. Here are some of the new features: All the old fashioned, cluttered dropdown menus are gone! […]
Continuing our look at some 1970’s photos of Auchentibber. This one was taken in 1978. Again showing how nicely maintained the house were in Auchentibber. Today, 40 years later, this house has a slightly different appearance. It’s been re-roofed, had new windows, a porch extension and had the render removed back to the stone. […]