Alexander William “Alex” Menzies was born on 25th November 1882, the son of Archibald and Isabella Menzies. They lived at Henderson’s Buildings in 1891. Alex was a Scottish association footballer who played as a forward for Hearts and Manchester United in the early 1900s. Born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Menzies was working as a […]
On a bright and crisp Saturday in early February, I took a walk down the Calder with Blantyre men Jim Brown, Alex Rochead and Joey “Peachy” Campbell. We were out exploring the ruined buildings of Milheugh but stopped for a moment to gaze upon how tall the Redwoods are near to the riverbank. These huge trees […]
Neil Scott recently shared this photo likely from the 1950’s adding, “This is Alex Gardner of Auchinraith Road. He was around 17 years old in this photo” I’m not sure of the location, but I would imagine this is away from Blantyre.
Thanks to Alex at Spittal Terrace for sharing these photos with me in early November 2014. Alex writes, “This may be of interest to you.When I moved to this area about 14 years ago I found the old railway pillars over the Calder near Stoneymeadow Road.We spent a few summer evenings trying to climb them […]
Brenda Murphy of Australia sent in these 1972 pictures of her mother and father. Pictured are Frances Docherty and Alex Murphy. Brenda wrote of her father, “Alex Murphy was an expat Scot (who emigrated) to Australia in 1972. Now passed away, but never forgotten. He was on the committee at Blantyre Welfare worked and worked […]
This marvelous postcard was photographed in 1923. Pictured is the top of Stonefield Road, looking from the cross at Stonefield Crescent / Broompark Road, Northwards down Stonefield Road itself. Danskin’s drapery shop is on the corner of Broompark Road / Stonefield Road and next to it, the small buildings also still there today. However, then […]