A Rates shocker came through the letterboxes of Springwell’s residents in April 1978. Families from 43 to 81 Auchinraith Terrace found their rates had risen substantially for the coming year of 1978/1979, despite them having fought and won a rates reduction the year before. The resident had their rates lowered previously due to recognition […]
Pictured in the early 1950’s is Blantyre man Archie Gardner, who ironically is doing some gardening in this photo. Archie lived at Auchinraith Terrace, Springwells and is pictured here on a fine day cutting his grass. Thanks to Neil Scott for sharing this photo.
Pictured here in 1952 is little Christine Gardner of Auchinraith Terrace. Her mother Maisie worked in the High Blantyre Co-op. I’ve not got much history for this photo which is shared here by Neil Scott. However such clear and happy photos of Blantyre families deserve to be shared with others. Do you know the Gardner […]
A pre WW2 photo next. Shared here by Neil Scott who told me, “Bill Gardner with his mother at Auchinraith Terrace, around 1940. Bill now lives in Vancouver , Canada with his wife Isobel.” The house and steps look very new, as they were fairly new!
Neil Scott shared this photo adding, “This is Pat Brown from Auchinraith Terrace She was a model in London and emigrated to America where her picture appeared in The Vogue Magazine” Likely the 1950s, this photo certainly shows Pat was living the high life. If you know more about Pat or her family, please get in […]
Thanks to Neil Scott who has shared these photos from the Gardner family. Three excellent family photos from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Pictured in 1959 is Christine Gardner with her mother Maisie on a day outing to the seaside. In the other picture, Maisie leans on railings outside her home in Auchinraith Terrace, […]
What a lovely family photo sent in from Patricia Hutcheson Docherty, who wrote, “Taken in Auchinraith Terrace 1946. My two sisters Eileen Young (Hutcheson) and Kathleen Malloy(Hutcheson) and the Buggy building in the background.” Imagine the war only just ended the year previous, the sun shining and out in tour back garden with the luxury […]