Was trying to put a date on this photo, which I think may be 1999? Pictured is Auchinraith Road near the junction of Craig Street. No wind turbines or Hamilton Technology Park buildings in the background. Timber houses on the left when they still had a ‘timber’ appearance. Aside from that, at a quarter of […]
Pictured in the late 1960’s is the bottom end of Auchinarith Road, where it rises up a little incline before meeting with Glasgow Road. The scene is only familiar now due to the existing homes on the left still there. In more modern times, this scene looks like this (photographed in 2015). Where the old […]
Buggy Buildings was a popular nickname given to three storey, stone tenements in Auchinraith Road, known to have some construction defects. Once directly opposite Elm Street, it was part of a row of tenements and the Buggy Building’s official address was “Melbourne Place and comprised of two, three storey tenements. The likely construction date is 1896 […]
To September 1977 next. Mums from Springwells, campaigning for a lollipop man on Auchinraith Road, blocked traffic by forming a “human wall” on the first Monday morning of that month. The very next day however, a child was knocked down and badly hurt at the very scene of the demonstration. Concern then turned to anger […]
Some good old fashioned ancestry research today. Brian Wilson messaged me saying, “My cousin and I have been doing some family tree research and it would appear that our great grandmother Margaret Bryan nee Reid died in Stonehouse Sanitorium in 1917 her normal residence being “Thornlea”, Blantyre. We have had a look online for Thornlea, […]
The funeral procession of the 6 victims of the Auchinraith Colliery disaster trundles up Auchinraith Road towards High Blantyre. Just look at the crowds who turned out to pay their respects! The location is on Auchinraith Road, at the top of Merry’s Rows (Elm Street) which is just out the picture to the left. The […]
Staying with the same area of Auchinraith Road as yesterday’s photo, here’s another photo of Beatons, this time from 1992. Taken some 29 years ago by Gordon Cook, this was taken from around the shop area looking across to the edge of the timber houses. This was the site of the former refuse tip. The […]