This photo may be more difficult to put into a modern context, for only the railway line remains today. Taken in September 1939 by the Smith family, the scene looks north westwards over to the former Craighead Bing. In the background, the whitewashed building is the piggery and the railway line at this point […]
A great photo next from Loanend looking back towards Blantyre. Out of the picture to the right is Malcolmwood Farm. The photo, dating from the 1950s was captured from the elevated point at the Loanend bing, the former colliery. The tree line in the distance is Bardykes Road, the bing most likely, Larkfield.
I’ve previously written about the Blantyre Priory Colliery Bing collapses catastrophically into the River Clyde during 1944. This happened right next to the priory as per the marked up aerial photo attached. My photo of 1947 taken from the top of the Priory Bing shows just how much the collapse had affected the River Clyde, […]
Some more interesting information obtained from the Triennial Review 1961 – 1963 book. If only to record these facts in Blantyre’s history, the little county council book, states that: In relation to Schools a) In 1961, Phase 3 of St Joseph’s School was completed at a cost of £185,000. The book states this was a […]