A very good friend of Blantyre Project, Adam Bush has again shared one of his amazing aerial photographs captured high above Blantyre using his drone mounted camera. This one contrasts the darkness of the Calder to the West by comparison to the brightly lit lights of High Blantyre, centring around the cross at the top […]
These 4 photos were taken in 1955 from the nearby Auchinraith Bing and feature the timber houses. Streets pictured include Birdsfield Drive and Bellsfield Drive, named after the 2 local farms, bought over by compulsory purchase order, to make room for new housing estates. This followed a shortage of homes in Blantyre that existed from […]