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In January 2017, Alex Rochead was walking at Blantyreferme near the River Clyde and noticed these ruins not far from the former Colliery site. There were bricks and foundations and what appeared to be a deep pit formed of concrete. Some of the brick structures had white tiles on the inside. So what was […]
In January 2017, my friend Alex Rochead was walking at Blantyreferme and took these pictures of a strange object hidden amongst the undergrowth. It was found just down from the railway embankment, just beyond Boatland. (Boat Jocks) The object is large and clearly been unused for some time. We got to discussing it after […]
In early June, Blantyre men Alex Rochead, Gordon Cook and I took a walk down to Priory, to visit the site of the old Priory Pit baths. The miner’s bathhouse dates from 1932 and are located almost immediately beside the railway, across from the Coatshill scheme, on the Priory playing fields side. Here are the […]