At the start of October 1895, the Hamilton Advertiser reported that the Blantyre Curling Club held a meeting on 30th September 1895 at Mr Blackley’s new hall. This is surely a reference to the hall adjoining Blackley’s Pub in High Blantyre at the junction of Broompark Road and Main Street. Built just before this as […]
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Quoiting Club Meeting 1900
The annual general meeting of the High Blantyre Quoiting Club was held in Mr. Blackley’s Hall on Saturday 17th February 1900. The location would suggest that the public house and hall, which is still Blakely’s on the corner of Main Street and Broompark Road today, was handy for the quoiting green, which was then […]


