Today’s photo is of Bothwell Castle. An early aerial photo taken, I believe in the 1960s. Now, whilst the castle is remarkable enough, it’s the former Priory Bing which has collapsed into the river which attracts my attention in this photo. The bing collapsed in 1947, partially blocking part of the river. Today, woodland has […]
This early photograph is thought to be from the 1860’s, over 150 years ago. Pictured by an unknown photographer, the Blantyre side of the River Clyde is on the left. Bothwell Castle ruins at the back. This is a rather wintry picture. No leaves on the trees, it’s a cold looking scene. When zooming in, […]
I recently had the pleasure of corresponding back and forth with Rob Gordon, the brother of late Blantyre historian, Neil Gordon. Rob had very kindly contacted me to offer some of his photographs to add to the Blantyre Project archives, including a few of his own which appeared in Neil’s excellent A-Z book, “Blantyre: A […]
Photographed in Springtime during the early 1960’s, this is the ruin of Bothwell Castle. The vantage point from where this was taken, was at Blantyre Priory and looks over the River Clyde in a scene little changed from what it looks like today. Photo Courtesy of Jean McLean.
Another absolutely fantastic photo of an Edwardian outing by Stonefield Parish Church. Taken prior to WW1, the location is unknown but I think looks like nearby Bothwell Castle. The outing by the Church has all attendees dressed in their Sunday finery. Almost all men and women are wearing hats, the fashionable accessory of the era. […]
Something remarkable today, a photo perhaps the oldest of any Blantyre photos! This lantern slide was allegedly taken in 1860 by Sir Thomas Annan and shows Blantyre Priory when the ruin was still very much more intact than now. Incredibly this photo 161 years old was taken a full 17 years even before the Blantyre […]
This scene is strangely familiar yet different now. That’s because the photo is 34 years old, taken in 1986 after these fields near Blantyre Priory had been reclaimed. The Bings had been reduced in the previous year and flattening the unsightly mounds created relatively flat, new expansive areas, an immediate hit with dog walkers. It […]