By Blantyre Telegraph…. A welcome familiar sight has returned to Auchentibber, High Blantyre! Rebuilding work has progressed at speed at the Auchentibber War Memorial and once again, the memorial stands tall and proud, completely rebuilt from the base up. We visited the site today and were astonished at the progress this last week. Council workers […]
Progress Update After a slight delay and little visible work being carried out last week, work has commenced again on the Auchentibber War Memorial. As these pictures show, taken last Saturday 13th October 2018, the memorial (currently being completely rebuilt), now once again has its familiar shape. It’s been scaffolded and is approaching its finished […]
Progress Update Work continues on the rebuilding of the Auchentibber War Memorial at Auchentibber, High Blantyre. The memorial was recently demolished due to its deteriorated condition and with the assistance of an awarded grant, is being sympathetically rebuilt to look the same. As this week’s pictures show, steelwork has now been inserted and the base […]
Now Demolished Anybody passing through High Blantyre today may be shocked to see the Auchentibber War Memorial now completely demolished! However, of course there’s a good reason. It’s currently being renovated and rebuilt, and as this picture shows, demolition work is complete. A new base is now being prepared today, Thursday 20th September 2018. Throughout […]
The demolition and rebuild work of Auchentibber War Memorial continues at a pace, with an update provided here. Overview Construction work started on 20th August 2018 and is being carried out by Covanburn Contracts in partnership with Conservation Architect, Fiona Sinclair. The Memorial has been ‘fenced of’ and this will remain until the works are complete. Work […]
Scheduled facelift underway If driving up Parkneuk Road, beyond Sydes Brae, you may have noticed that investigation and pre construction works have now started at Auchentibber War Memorial, which is scheduled for a much needed facelift. South Lanarkshire Council recently permitted the remedial and renovation works to be begin on 20th August 2018. Investigatory works […]
Private William Homes was born in 1882 at Abercorn, Renfrew, and lived his early life in Elderslie, near Paisley. Private William Holmes was part of the 11th Battalion Scottish Rifles and was killed in action on 19th September 1918 at Salonika. He was 36 years old. He was the son of Mr and Mrs […]