These two photos are taken from a short 1962 Lanarkshire film, that ever so briefly featured a scene in Blantyre. Pictured are the timber houses at the east side of Blantyre, and in particular views of Birdsfield Drive, Parkville Drive and Bellsfield Drive. The houses still look very familiar although some of the high […]
These 4 photos were taken in 1955 from the nearby Auchinraith Bing and feature the timber houses. Streets pictured include Birdsfield Drive and Bellsfield Drive, named after the 2 local farms, bought over by compulsory purchase order, to make room for new housing estates. This followed a shortage of homes in Blantyre that existed from […]