This is Mr Stewart of Park, High Blantyre, likely in the 1930s or 40s. Mr Stewart, I believe was the grandfather of Jim & Alex Rocheads. It looks like he’s standing in the former garden of Blantyre’s Park House. This was a beautiful , well kept garden, although it doesn’t exist anymore. It is now […]
In May 1967, Utility company ‘South of Scotland Electricity Board’ requested permission to erect a line of pylons through the outskirts of High Blantyre and over the Greenhall Estate into the Calder. The suggestion caused a lot of discussion amongst the 8th District Council as it was felt this was a high amenity area […]
I like hearing about different places around the world with the name Blantyre. Here’s a little story kindly put together by my friend and history colleague, Gordon Cook. “Peter Paterson and his wife Jean Fraser brought their sons David, John, and Peter from Blantyre, Scotland, and settled in Little York (or as they called […]
I’ve often written about historical drownings in the Clyde, so what a surprise it was to see a drowning, this time in Auchentibber, which I would have thought would have been the last place for a Blantyre resident to meet their end. Considerable excitement prevailed in Blantyre on Thursday 17th April 1930, when it became known that a […]
Sometimes a photo captures a particular decade perfectly. The hair styles, the fashions. Jane Davies sent over this photo of family members Mary and Annie Nimmo, from Auchentibber , which was taken in the late 1920’s. Do you know the location? Theres a chain and spoon attached to a vertical flat rock, above horizontal flag stones. […]