I was interested reading through a Blantyre School Board note from May 1910 to see some more unusual items in their final discussions of the day, when asked if there was “any other business?” After the lengthy discussions about potentially adding a gymnasium to the proposed plans for Calder Street School and deciding to prosecute […]
Stonefield Parish School Monday 25th October 1875 was a monumental day for Blantyre. In previous years the Village school at Blantyre Works had been filled to capacity and throughout 1875, no less than two new schools were being built. The first being Stonefield Parish School (affectionately known as Ness’ School) located on the later […]
<<< Back to Schools A photo taken by myself in April 2012. Pictured is the demolition of the former Calder House Social Work facility in Bardykes Road (formerly called the Calder Remand School). The social work facility was originally built at this site in 1968 , close to Wilkies Farm. At the time of construction […]