I know a few people liked the previous photos of old cars parked in Asda, so here’s a couple more photos from 1982. The scene does look very familiar still, although the store logos have changed. I think I preferred seeing trees and green landscaped areas in the carpark back then. The grey, concrete and […]
The children of Blantyre in 1980, could hardly believe it when they saw Santas Grotto set up in ASDA Carpark in December that year! This Christmas magic had been conjured up Blantyre Round Table who converted a caravan into a mobile grotto to give the kids a treat. I’m not sure who the kids are […]
After the initial shine of a glitzy opening of Blantyre ASDA in October 1980, the mood turned a little sour for residents fast becoming shocked at the volume of traffic in Blantyre. That certainly was the view of Councillor Malcolm Waugh who claimed the arrival of ASDA had brought traffic chaos into Blantyre. His complaint […]
How easily it is to forget how ASDA once looked. These photos from 1985 show the original branding and entrance to the Blantyre store. Who worked in ASDA in the 80s? What’s your memories of the store? Glasgow Road certainly looked different from the previous decade, and despite the new looking buildings and lack of […]
Let’s go back 36 years now to 1983. These photos show the relatively new ASDA superstore alongside the carpark. Who remembers the old blue and orange ASDA sign? The store looks new in these photos, clean slates and brickwork and the whiteness of the upper windows on the former Clydeview Shopping Centre (East). I was […]
ASDA in Blantyre opened on Tuesday 21 October 1980. The date of the new £3m superstore was unveiled to Blantyre residents a month before and for the best part, many people were excited and looked forward with anticipation. It was the third superstore to open in Lanarkshire, one of the largest. Mr Peter Firmston-Williams, ASDA’s […]
After all the uncertainty in Blantyre around Glasgow Road Re-development in the late 1970s, people in the town finally received some welcome news. The brand new ASDA, in 1980 then still being built was looking to hire upwards of 300 people and for many, it was an answer to mass unemployment in the town. August […]