A rare, aerial photo from 1980, some 43 years ago and a time before drone photography. This sky view is of the Nairoo, down the Cawther, on land owned by Hugh Smith. There were many people staying there at the time and for previous decades. The photo was sent in recently by Samantha Docherty, whose […]
Satellite imagery has recently been updated on Google Earth for the Blantyre and Lanarkshire area. It brings the old imagery in 2009 and 2012 right up to date to Summer 2016, with some interesting changes to Blantyre, being explored here this week. Take for example, this scene, just off Glasgow Road. A scar on […]
An aerial photo of Blantyre in 1955 best shows High Blantyre Main Street at Auchinraith. I was contacted by a Blantyre Project ready who used to live in a former tenement on Main Street at the top of Auchinraith Road. The former tenement building is no longer there today. I’ve marked up several interesting […]