Pictured here at the door of the former Auchentibber Inn is barman Bob Soutter and Mr Wallace. Wallace was a miner and was a keen quoiting player, though I cannot presume he was a regular in the pub. Robert Soutter was the barman for J.B.H Struthers, looking after the pub. This remarkably clear photo, I […]
During an Auchentibber Garden Party in June 1910, reporters got a chance to interview Inn and Quoiting Grounds owner, Mr. J.B.H Struthers. What they wrote spans three parts which I’ve transcribed fully: “At the present time [June 1910], when press and platform are ringing with ideas and proposals for creating a more sober people, it […]
This photo dating from the 1910’s shows a barman outside the former Auchentibber Inn. Taken in the Auchentibber Quoiting Ground ‘Italian Gardens’ this is close to where the Auchentibber War Memorial is today. The foliage suggests 1910’s, perhaps within the first decade of the gardens being established. I know of three barmen at the Auchentibber […]
Continuing our look at new ‘old photos’. This time Auchentibber formal Gardens, from the 1910’s around the former Quoiting Green. White, picket fences around the sports ground, the tearoom and inn at the background. This was a popular place for sports for miners after their work and a nice place for any family to visit. […]
Norma Marr in Canada emailed me these wonderful photos of Springpark, taken in the 1950’s in Auchentibber, High Blantyre. She told me, “I am attaching two images of Springpark — my auntie Gina (Georgina Patrick) was born in this house. I also have the same image of the Auchentibber Inn that you have, it is a […]
This is Mr. James Green – or Jimmy as he was known. James Struthers Green ran the Auchentibber Inn during the mid to late 1920’s. He was the nephew of Mr JBH Struthers who owned the Inn. Born in 1900, Jimmy was the second son of Helena Harrison Struthers (the sister of JBH Struthers b1873) and Mr. […]
This photo is one of the last ever to be taken of the beautiful Italian Gardens surrounding the Auchentibber Quoiting Green. When J.B.H Struthers, owner of the nearby Auchentibber Inn died in January 1938, he was single and had no children. It is thought the Inn was demolished very shortly after his death, for it […]