Salvesen at Low Blantyre
Fresh from their successful house building at High Blantyre, Salvesen Homes wished to expand in the area. However in December 1978, their plans came tumbling down when a £1.5m […]
Tag Archives: bardykes
1987 Highland Games Poster
My friend Alex Rochead showed me this photo, kindly sent to him from Sandy Wilkie. It is of course a poster for the much remembered, Blantyre Highland Games. A great […]
1980’s Donkey Derby
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 […]
Peter Wilkie
Not sure when this photo was taken, but Peter Wilkie of Bardykes looks a relatively young man. (Perhaps the Wilkie family could advise which decade?). Pictured also are horses ‘Nell’ […]
1966 Palomino Stallion & Peter Wilkie
This photo is from the mid 1960’s and pictured is Peter Wilkie at Bardykes. He’s standing beside beautiful Golden Monarch, a Palomino Stallion put out to stud at Bardykes. The […]
Margaret Wilkie
Thanks to Sandy Wilkie for permitting sharing this photo of his mother, Mrs. Margaret Wilkie. The Wilkie family of Bardykes have been well known in Blantyre throughout the 20th and […]
1980’s Wilkie’s Parade Float
Let’s go to the 1980’s in this article. Pictured is Wilkie’s of Bardykes, Parade Float. Shared here from Sandy Wilkie via our mutual friends Alex Rochead. Sandy explained, “It’s […]
1960’s Peter Wilkie at Cathy Little’s shop
What a great photo for a couple of reasons! Pictured here in the 1960’s is Cathy Little’s shop in Victoria Street (the shop beside what is now Boots Chemist). Coming […]
Rolls Royce Cars, Blantyre
Dennis Hobbs in America is the recent proud owner of buying an old Rolls Royce Car. Attempting to trace the history of the vehicle, he approached me recently about references […]