Although a little blurry, this is one of my favourite photos of High Blantyre, if only as I believe it is perhaps the oldest photo of any Blantyre street. Exclusively put online here for the first time, it was taken in 1869 and shows Main Street looking eastwards. To give you an indication of […]
Pictured here looking eastwards is Glasgow Road. Behind the building on the right is Church Street and you can see the roof and steeple of Stonefield Parish Church at the top right. The steeple is leaning northwards and it would later be demolished for safety. To the left is former Clark Street leading off […]
Another old school photo surfaces shared here from Arlene Green. This time a little more modern than we’re used to seeing here. The year would appear to be 1978, David Livingstone Primary School. The primary four class led by teacher Mrs Monk. Can you name anybody in the photo. Feel free to tag? Whats your […]
Whilst these 2 photos are actually outwith Blantyre on the outskirts of Hamilton, they are excellent photos and feature High Blantyre Road, leading into Blantyre. Pictured is Burnbank Parish Church (the Ivy Kirk), a very rural scene and High Blantyre Road showing a distinct lack of traffic. They were taken in 1910, a few years before […]
This photo was taken in 1904 on Glasgow Road. These shops were once located on the north side of the road not far from where the top of John Street was. Men stand on the pavement, perhaps standing out of the way as the new trams passed by. Today, the man with the black […]
Pictured from the opposite side of the River Clyde at Blantyre Works, the camera in 1903 looks across to the very end of the Blantyre Mills. The large 5 storey brick built building is the former Powerloom Factory. You can just make out the whitewashed parts of the building that once was entirely covered […]
Alan Mulvanny was brought up in Strathmore avenue, Blantyre. On Sunday 23rd October 2016, he was the linesman for the Rangers vs Celtic match in Glasgow. How wonderful it is to see a local Blantyre man doing well for himself in the field of sportsmanship. The Mulvanny family and Blantyre should be proud of his accomplishments. […]