This photo of a newish looking cowshed is from 1930. Shared here by Gordon Cook, this collectors item shows Alex Craig’s new byre at Bellsfield Farm, High Blantyre. This new byre was built in 1930 with a new roof design that prevented dirt collecting upon it. Gordon told me, ” It was different from Priestfield byre […]
An aerial photo of Blantyre in 1955 best shows High Blantyre Main Street at Auchinraith. I was contacted by a Blantyre Project ready who used to live in a former tenement on Main Street at the top of Auchinraith Road. The former tenement building is no longer there today. I’ve marked up several interesting […]
Dating from around the 1910’s, this previously unseen photo shows Blantyre milk deliveries taking place. Pictured is Alexander Craig and two milkmaids for his farm at Bellsfield, High Blantyre. The people stand holding milk jugs for delivering smaller quantities from the milk churns. The cart is clearly labelled although the exact location in unknown as […]