These couple of views of High Blantyre were photographed in the 1960’s. They look down upon the relatively new Kirkton housing estate and the former Bing of Dixon’s Collieries, which was by this time not in use. This was the changing face of Blantyre as the visible legacy of its mining decades was finally coming […]
Staying with 1979 today and a few more photos of the former Craighead Bing. Just off Whistleberry Road, this was before the creation of the Raith part of the EK Expressway, the bing and these scenes subjected to bulk earthwork shaping for the construction of the major road. This was a visible end to the […]
Going back next to 1979. This was the view from the former Craighead Bing. Spilling down next to the River Clyde, the view looks south westwards back towards the Clyde Braes and Blantyre itself. The opposite bank on the right is Bothwell. The Craighead viaduct railway pillars would be just out the photo to the […]
Hard to believe, but these photos are now 41 years old. Taken in September 1980, it shows the former chimney at Blantyeferme colliery and brickworks, as contractors rolled in to flatten more of the bings and surrounding fields. It’s quite hard to put the location in context, the chimney now long demolished, so I’ve attached […]
The last two photos in the set showing Blantyreferme and the efforts made in September 1986 to reduce the former Colliery Bing. The farm fields next to the main Blantyreferme Road were restored by a significant reduction in levels, removing much of the bing, that had been there for almost 100 years before. Amongst the […]
Photos next from September 1986 and to the north of Blantyre is Blantyreferme. This photos represent the reduction of the Colliery bings, a significant effort to restore the ground back closer to the existing field levels. The large remnants of the colliery bings removed and taken away, removing most of the signs of the former […]
Lets go to 1979 next and pictured here in September that year is the view from the former Craighead Bing. Looking back towards Blantyre, you may be able to make out the burned out shell of the Stonefield Parish Church, which caught fire that month. The cleanup operation was due to commence on the Bing, […]