Like all the southern side streets leading off Glasgow Road, Church Street had its humble beginnings as a field boundary between two fields, in particular at this location, on the former farm of Stonefield. The boundary became a track in the 19th Century and the track would towards the turn of the 20th […]
A lady named Karen asks, “Hi Paul, I am looking for help trying to find out details of my gran (Mary Hutchison, nee Barratt). I’ve been told she used to have or work in a small shop in High Blantyre that sold sweets, don’t know if it sold anything else though). It was before my […]
Michael Barrett messaged me, “There is an inscription in my workshop at 19 Church Street that says ‘WA 1912’ , within the concrete. (The workshop is behind a bungalow built in the 50s by a footballer….Hibs I think). Here are photos.” Upon seeing this, I believe it to be the construction date of the building and perhaps the initials of the […]
I was recently contacted by Elaine Currie Akelis, saying, “Hi Paul, We have just bought Braehead cottage (Auchentibber), with the intention of starting from scratch and re-building once we have demolished the old property. I wanted to find out some history of the land and property so that ( in some way) hopefully incorporate some of […]