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Alan Smith put in a request to me quite some time ago asking, “Could you find out about my address 159 AUCHINRAITH ROAD please? It would great to get the history on my house.” I like these type of requests and they usually turn out some good information when researched in detail. I was able […]
Today’s coloured photo is from 1914. Coloured by Scotland Colourised, this amazing picture is the top of Auchinraith Road just as WW1 was about to happen. It was photographed not far from the junction of Main Street. This was 3 decades before the construction of the timber houses, their site at this time, still all […]
These photos previously not seen online took me somewhat by surprise as I thought the Blantyre Markets ended in 1982. When the market was forced to move away from the Hastie’s site, it moved temporarily to Glasgow Road, but development and the building of Devlin Grove forced, even that contingency to be squashed. A new […]
Not to be confused by the farm of the same name, this is “Craigknowe“, 2 homes on Auchinraith Road, pictured pre-1909, not long after it was built. The houses are still there today at 163 / 165 Auchinraith Road right at the very top near the junction of Main Street. This fantastic photo was sent […]
What a picture this is! This beautiful photo is Auchinraith Road in 1914. Children are walking back from school, most carrying satchels. The small amount of leaves on the trees would suggest this is October or March. The long shadow in the foreground is running exactly west-east (as Auchinraith Road runs to NE), suggesting the […]
Here’s a fantastic, rare photo for you all! Hopefully you’ve not see this before… Going back 105 years ago to the start of WW1. It’s 1914 and the ‘hometime bell’ has rung at Auchinraith School. Children make their way up the Auchinraith Road, this photo taken near the junction of Main Street. The stone houses […]
Next, a great picture from 45 years ago. This is Auchinraith Road, kindly shared here by Gordon Cook. He had just bought at AGFA camera and took this from the Main Street looking North eastwards. A large tree on the left, known to have existed for nearly a hundred years before is no longer standing […]
A decade after the other photo in today’s posts is this photo, Auchinraith Road in 1984. Again shared here by Gordon Cook, the evolution of this street continued that decade with large trees removed, the addition of dormers on several houses and of course by then Auchinraith School and the Bakery had all been demolished. […]
Andy Lynch shared this charming photo adding, “This is my Mum and Dad Willie and Ella Lynch. This was taken around 1953 before they were married. It was taken in my Gran (Agnes)and Grandads (Sanny) Frews front garden at 68 Auchenraith Road. “ Sanny Frew was well known he had one leg and often sat […]