This wonderful photo originated from Kenneth McVicar and came to me via Historic Hamilton. In the early 1960’s an accident involving a lorry and the side of the Bothwell Bridge took place. Whilst nobody was injured too badly, the contents of the lorry spilled out over the bridge and into the River Clyde below. […]
I like this photo of Bothwell Bridge. I suspect it was taken to celebrate the building of the monument of the Battle of Bothwell Bridge. The monument was built in 1903 using money raised by public subscription. You’ll see the lack of vehicular traffic and indeed, the lack of any tram standards, meaning the […]
Although slightly outwith Blantyre Parish, here are some great photos of the Lido (park) at Bothwell Bridge. These were taken in 1939 and form part of a small clip of a few seconds of this area on the British Film Archive. The park looks fairly new and well kept, for it absolutely was! The beautiful […]
Mr. Andrew Reid was a Covenanter from Blantyre who was caught and executed at Kirkton, High Blantyre. After the Battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679, the victorious government army published a list known as the “Fugitives roll.” One Blantyre mans name appeared on it, that of Mr. Andrew Reid, servitor to Robert Smillie at Blantyre […]
There’s a wonderful account written in 1859 about the 1793 church, which used to be located in the Kirkton Cemetery. It reads as follows: “A stone building capable of containing a Congregation of between four & five hundred. It was built about 50 years on the site of the old Ph. [Parish] Church. (Paul writes, […]
In 1870, early photographer captured may locations around Lanarkshire. Amongst them, from the Blantyre side of the River Clyde are these two early photographs, showing Bothwell Bridge in all its rural glory. This was a time before cars, indeed before trams. A time before the covenanters monument. A time before the Lido when instead mature […]
Ian Cochran has given us permission to show this picture of him playing at the Lido’s little beach, as a wee boy in 1956. In the background is Bothwell Bridge. Ian is the boy on the right. He added, “Hi. I’m the one on the right of picture but the boy on the left cant remember […]