This former tenement stood on Main Street, High Blantyre at the corner of Cemetery Road. Pictured in the 1910s is the former Bank at the corner and adjacent High Blantyre Post Office. Two women stand outside the bank chatting in the street and knowing the location, the shadows below them suggest it is early […]
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Glasgow Road 1904
Pictured here looking eastwards is Glasgow Road. Behind the building on the right is Church Street and you can see the roof and steeple of Stonefield Parish Church at the top right. The steeple is leaning northwards and it would later be demolished for safety. To the left is former Clark Street leading off […]
The Runaway Bridegroom
On occasion, i’ve heard of instances where a bride gets pre-marriage nerves and decided to be late or even not turn up. However, a bride groom running off is less common and this story adds a further element taking it to another level. On Thursday 12th July 1849, the London News reported a story, which […]