13 women and 2 men were injured in early 1967 one Friday when a minibus taking workers home from a factory in East Kilbride, collided with a double decker bus at the junction of Bardykes Road and Glasgow Road. Both drivers and 12 passengers from the mini bus and one from the double decker […]
Who remembers the round table Donkey Derby?! From the 1980’s, in the field in front of Bardykes House (before the current homes were built), this picture looks across Bardykes Road with the derby in full swing in the foreground. Organised by the Round Table, these were popular fundraiser events at a time just prior to […]
On Saturday 5th February 1927, a case of blood transfusion was reported from the Cottage Hospital Blantyre. Attempting blood transfusions, was still quite a risky and dangerous thing to do. The patient was a young man of thirty years of age, and the doctor decided this course in the hope of saving his life. […]
Whilst visiting Kirk Care Home back in December, resident Tom Robertson gave me a copy of this fantastic photograph of a time when he lived at “Greencroft” at Bardykes Road. At the time four families lived there including the Bowies, a family of florists who had a shop in Glasgow Road. Tom described how the […]
On 9th March 2015, I had an interesting and enjoyable conversation with somebody who used to teach me Physics at School, some 30 years ago! I listened, but this time absolutely with interest and intent on being educated. The call was from Mrs. Glen, who lives currently at Blantyre Cottage Hospital on Bardykes Road and […]
<<< Back to Schools A photo taken by myself in April 2012. Pictured is the demolition of the former Calder House Social Work facility in Bardykes Road (formerly called the Calder Remand School). The social work facility was originally built at this site in 1968 , close to Wilkies Farm. At the time of construction […]
This colourised picture of Bardykes Road at Barnhill dates from between 1905 – 1910. I don’t think I have seen this particular photo before (although there are several very similar). A horse and cart sits outside Barnhill Farm, with a wee boy sitting on the back. Two wee girls, not much older than toddlers wander […]