The derelict Auchentibber Farm has had a bit of a tidy up. Gone are the old tyres and rubbish and things have been cleared. These photos from Alex Rochead at the end of May 2019 show some progress. It’s still unknown at the time of scheduling this post whats to become of the old buildings, […]
Some photos from June 2018 showing the further damage to Auchentibber Farm, following the SECOND fire there. Here’s hoping this can soon be renovated and saved. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said: James Stirling Not much chance of it being renovated now to be […]
How nice it was to see the clean up that took place in mid April at Auchenitbber Farm. All the dumped tyres, literally thousands of them in the buildings and around it are now gone. Whilst the farm is derelict at least a mound of earth has been put over the entrance meantime to help […]
A sharp reminder of Blantyre’s problems and issues came at the start of December 2017, when I was emailed these photos of the problem of fly tipping in Auchentibber. Taken directly outside Auchentibber Farm (derelict), the roadside of Auchentibber road is an absolute mess. This HAS to be the worst i’ve ever seen it. […]
Norma Marr has emailed me from across the Atlantic, enclosing some fantastic old Blantyre photos commenting, “I am attaching some images that we have of Auchentibber Farm. I hope they will be of interest and perhaps of some use if these wonderful buildings are ever restored. I’m not really sure what our connection to the […]
Continuing a look this week at the updated Google Earth imagery of Blantyre. Pictured here is Auchentibber Farm in Summer 2016. The ruined shell of the main house can be seen following the fire in December 2015. The building is still fire damaged and has accumulated a mess of tyres dumped all around it […]
Thanks again to Jim Cochrane for sharing this photo. Jim added, “This is Christina Wilson, at Auchintibber Farm, sometime between 1900- 1910 I think. She was good friends with my Great Grannie Main.” Looking at the 1901 census, Christina was living at Auchentibber Farm with her parents and siblings and was in that year […]