I love this colourised postcard from the 1890’s. Such a quiet rural scene. Taking your horse, unhooking from the cart, down off the Bothwell Road for a drink at the river. A sunny day, the river low, this looks a summer scene as the boys play in the burn, the boundary between Blantyre and […]
These images show Bothwell Bridge in Edwardian times. Taken around 1900, they show the bridge colourised. A sleepy rural scene, prior to trams, prior to motorised vehicles, a horse being watered at the river. The other colourised lantern slide is perhaps ever so slightly older. Finally, a Bothwell Masonic Penny shows the older bridge, […]
These excellent photos from Gordon Cook show the completion of the East Kilbride Expressway at Bothwell Bridge. Taken in 1981 into 1982, the photos show the completed new A725 concrete cantilevered bridge that we know so well today, leading down to the Raith Interchange. This saw the A725 fully joined up between Raith and […]
I was looking recently at an old plate photo by Andrew Guthrie dating from around 1870. However, this picture of the bridge gives me a REAL headache and keeps bringing me back to a subject I’m been previously too shy to propose in public. You’ll think i’m crazy as its often been written that Bothwell Bridge was an […]
These remarkable photos date from 1981, as construction commenced on the third and final phase of the East Kilbride Expressway from Auchinraith down to Raith. In particular, these photos are of Bothwell Bridge, looking towards Hamilton. If you look closely, you’ll see the excavators beginning to undertake work at the former Lido Park, removing […]
This lovely photo is of Bothwell Bridge and the Lido. It shows the newly constructed gardens, perhaps the reason the photo was taken and how well kept they were. This photo is just one from a series of photos taken by John Young’s Uncle in 1939, during a cycle tour. How amazing he took […]
Had to share this lovely photo of Bothwell Bridge that local photographer Jim Brown took in early January 2017. Looking very beautiful in a Winter’s evening the modern lights combined with the old architecture of the bridge spanning the River Clyde. We’re lucky to have this on our doorstep.