Pictured here on 24th September 1965 is World War II RAF Hero Douglas Bader, putting a meringue after opening a new golf school at James Little Training house at High Blantyre. (At Crossbasket) Douglas Bader lost both his legs in an aircraft accident before World War II. He battled back to regain his Royal Air […]
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Blantyre Changes 60 years
A look at Blantyre Changing over the years. 1947 aerial photograph compared to 60 years later with google earth’s 2007 picture of the exact area. If anybody finds this interesting, i’ll create others covering rest of Blantyre. Since i created this, i found the answer to the strange square in Stonefield Park, which was apparently […]
Clyde Street Prefabs
A photo from the mid 1960s of the children of Clyde Street Prefabs. In the background is Joanna Terrace, with chimney’s and St Joseph’s chapel. Using the power of social media, some of the kids are known as Lynn Friery at the extreme right of the photo. Lynn Gerard on the left. Ann McManus and […]
Pussy Cat trapped for 4 days
WHEN a cat scaled a 40 feet tree at the end of Viewfield housing scheme, Blantyre suddenly lost its head for heights. For four days the unfortunate animal was stuck there, not daring to come down and neighbours decided the tree was too tall to climb, with no ladders tall enough for any rescue. However, […]
The Lady Nancy, High Blantyre
Rising up to the South, are the fields directly across from the entrance to Greenhall Public Park at Stoneymeadow Road. A gorse covered bing called locally as “The Lady Nancy” can be seen from this vantage point and when driving to East Kilbride on the A725. The Lady Nancy pit was owned by the Moore […]
Craighead Tower
Such a shame that Craighead House was destroyed by fire in February 2001. It left a scene of destruction that left no alternative for contractors to demolish the building and indeed the surrounding outbuildings. One of such outbuildings, was a sandstone tower, with “battle ramparts”. The tower was likely an 19th century addition to the […]
Winter’s fate
In 1844 a Blantyre man, Samuel Clifford aged 24, underestimated the Winter weather and sadly was found dead on the outskirts of the village, succumbed to hypothermia. Likely caught out whilst walking home in December that year wearing no overcoat and only a thin shirt and trousers. No more details are known about the accidental […]