Attached are the accounts for the construction of the Old Parish Church halls at Kikrton in 1893. Listing the total bills paid and slightly over the £1,350 budget at £1,534, the halls were completed a year later than expected. Much of the work went to Blantyre people and nice to see the Hamilton Advertiser still […]
Just across the River Clyde from Blantyre Priory stands Bothwell Castle, but many people may be surprised to know that immediately beside the castle, stood a massive house, large enough in itself to have been called a castle in its own right. It is sufficiently close to Blantyre’s boundary, for me to tell it’s story […]
On the left of this mid 1920’s photo is “Adam’s Sawmill”, the business of William Adam and his brother. The photo looks eastwards along Main Street. The entrance to the “Adam C&W” sawmill was between the lampost and the end of the building, not to be confused by the gates in the foreground, which lead […]