I recently met up with Margaret Stewart who lives in High Blantyre to scan some of her old photos of Blantyre. You can imagine my delight when Margaret passed me a little photo album with some great little ‘gems’ in it! Like this photo of the former Auchentibber Gardens, likely taken in the 1920’s. […]
Further photos of Auchentibber. The first house on Auchentibber Road, pictured near the junction in 1978. You can see where the house has been blocked over, when it previously was several properties. This house looks remarkably similar 40 years on. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, […]
Continued from Part 1 By 1881, widowed Arthur Leggat was 70 years old and by the time had moved from Bothwell back to his birth-town of Avondale where he would see out his days. His widowed sister, Isabella Stuthers aged 53, lived and worked with him as his housekeeper in Avondale at East Newton Cottage. […]
In September 2014, Claire Milne sent me an email, saying , “Hi Paul, fantastic site. My maiden name is Devlin. I have been trying to find out info about the Devlin family in Blantyre in early 1900s esp about my grandfather hugh Devlin. Just wondered if you had come across anything, Thank you, Claire milne.” […]
A few people have recently asked me about the old ruined buildings at Auchentibber, as pictured recently here by Alex Rochead. Located just up from the War Memorial at Auchentibber, on the same side, information on these buildings has been fairly sparse. However, using maps, i saw that they were on the 1859 map and […]
This photo is just over a hundred years old. It’s from my family collection. Pictured (very faintly) is my gran’s brothers Archie, John, Robert and Jim Danskin. On the back is says “1913, Auchintibber”. The light has got to this photo and faded it considerably, so glad to have scanned it before it deteriorates further. […]
On Wednesday 26th July 1820 a fearsome accident took place in a field at Blantyre Park, Sydes Brae. Mr Robert Millar, the farmer, entered the field where his cattle were grazing and was suddenly charged at by his own bull. After tossing him some considerable height, the bull pointed its horns downwards and gored Mr […]
JBH Struthers was a very clever man. Hi family owned several pubs throughout Blantyre (at Stonefield and High Blantyre in the 1880’s, but it was he who acquired the Auchentibber Inn in 1899 and he managed to persuade the local miners that a flat field on the banks of Sydes Brae, Auchentibber was the ideal spot […]