Miss Janet Anderson died on Tuesday 27th May 1879. The dairymaid from Calderglen was killed under shocking circumstances on the railway near Blantyre. She had been at Hamilton and travelled by train to Low Blantyre Station, alighting there. She decided then to take a short cut along the line, which directly passed by Calderglen. She was […]
Pictured in this series of photos is the Anderson church on Stonefield Road on its final day. Sadly the church was burned down on 8th June 1978 by an unknown cause. The church hall on the right remains today as Smith’s Funeral Parlour. I remember this day well. It was around 5pm in the afternoon. I […]
Thank you to Jim Cochrane for sharing these photos of 6 Watson Place, Blantyre. Jim told me, “6 Watson Place back Garden. Constructed in steel. My great GrandParents lived here From the 1930s William and Catherine Cochrane. Then my Uncle Bill and Aunt Liz Cochrane untill the late 1990s.” In the other picture (from 1960s), “My […]
Pictured here in 2012 is Calderside Farm in Auchentibber. Located in Blantyre Parish, the farm sits high up on the fields just off Calderside Road and commands impressive views of both Blantyre and East Kilbride. In trying to find out when the farm was built, unfortunately Roys map of 1747 just ends at the field […]
These well turned out individuals in this photo are the family of Anderson men. The photo has been sent to us by Elizabeth Cardoo back in September 2013. Elizabeth writes “This is of my grampa , William Anderson (Wull) and his four sons, left to right, my dad Guy Anderson, Jim Anderson, Sanny Anderson Wull […]
On countless occasions when important events were taking place between 1901 and the 30s, the Auchinraith Band were in attendance. The Auchinraith Silver Band, to give it it’s full title was founded in 1901 with 16 learners. It proved very successful and quickly became established and well known in Blantyre. The band grew in size […]
A great photo from Elizabeth Cardoo (Anderson). Pictured are a well behaved group of children down at The Village Prefabs. Elizabeth told us she is at the bottom left corner. In the photograph are also kids from Anderson, Dolan, Devine,Payne,Finlay,Greenhorn families. Elizabeth went on to tell us, “there were so many kids in that street […]