During the first decade of the 20th Century, the Blantyre Gas Company Ltd came under some criticism for not being able to supply all the Blantyre residents with the gas they so dearly wanted. The problem wasn’t just infrastructure, but also storage capacity, the works unable to hold the amount of gas demanded by residents. […]
This photo was taken in 1983 at Caldergrove House just before it was demolished. An old Gas Lamp, with the pipes very much on display. Just looking at this, you can perhaps get an idea of how dangerous these kind of lamps were. Pipes could fail, joints open up, gas could leak. Not to mention […]
1921 saw significant pressures on employment of miners in Blantyre. On Saturday 2nd July 1921 a notice went up in the Craighead colliery reading, “This colliery will not reopen for work, but will be dismantled. No. 2 workmen who have their graith underground may lift this on Monday. No. 1 workmen will get theirs as […]
The Blantyre Gas Company Ltd opened for business at Stonefield Road in 1864. The annual AGM was held in July each year. On 18th February 1875, an advert was placed looking for contractors to build a new tank, expanding the capacity. In the 1890s, the company invited tenders for the removal of byproducts of […]