Senga Arbuckle messaged me saying, “I found these photos and thought they might be of interest to some Blantyre people. My gran is in them all. Her name was Nan Gray from Beech place. I think it might be her workmates from when they worked in Hector Pows sewing factory.” Perhaps 1960s? Do you recognise […]
Here’s a great article kindly written and provided by reader, Archie Simm. “On June 2nd , 1953 as part of the Queen Elizabeth 2nd, Coronation, throughout the UK there were neighbourhood and community celebrations big and small. Beech Place (a small cul-de-sac off Auchinraith Road between Elm Street and Logan Street) held their own neighbourhood […]
Following the Lanarkshire Slum clearance drive of the 1930’s, and the clearing of Merry’s Rows, in 1950 town planners announced a new Street was to be formed where once the miners homes had been. These were to be modern, spacious double storey homes with gardens, indoor toilets and more than one bedroom. […]