Newmains is an existing contemporary detached home on the east side of Broompark Road, not too far from the junction of Main Street, High Blantyre. Now in 2024, at 148 years old, this is one of the oldest homes on Broompark Road, and was notably for a time, a former manse house for High Blantyre […]
I’m guessing this brilliant photo was taken in the late 1950’s. Pictured, unusually for the time in colour is High Blantyre’s Main Street. The Baptist Church (the wee tin kirk) is pictured before the current building was constructed. I’ve not seen many photos of the 1950’s and 1960’s streets in Blantyre, so this one is […]
A branch of the Women’s Rural Institute started up in Blantyre in December 1978. At Auchentibber, a branch of the institute was set up in the outdoor centre in the former Primary School. They initially met every second Monday from 7.30pm until 9.30pm and were initially governed under the watchful eye of other branches. The […]
You may remember a short time ago, I posted about old Robin Downie of Priestfield (pictured). Well, here is some information relating to the Baptist Church and good, solid confirmation of where the High Blantyre Bethany Hall was. Norma Marr who lives in Canada kindly emailed me a few weeks ago to say, “A couple of years […]
This photo from the 1920s is of High Blantyre Baptist Church. Known locally at the time as “The Wee Tin Kirk”, the church sat directly on Main Street, in what is now the carpark of the current Baptist Church (directly across from the derelict Apollo Bar building). The Church was formed in 1896 by Mr. […]
In July 1948, a local girls’ life brigade company was formed and started to operate under the guidance of High Blantyre Baptist Church. Enthusiasm for the creation of such an organisation was manifest by the large number of girls who attended the first meeting with the purpose of getting the company formed. The Girls’ Guildry, […]