Two postcards from 1930. One for Bothwell, one for Blantyre which both show familiar scenes. This post serves simply to archive them on to the website, but the multiple scenes on each card are interesting in their own rights.
Until very recently I only had a poor photocopy of this picture, but have now come into possession of an excellent scanned, high resolution image of the postcard. As such, I’d like to show it again here, replacing the poor image i showed back in December 2012. I think the postcard dates to 1966, although […]
Whilst looking at this 1938 map of David Livingstone Centre, it suddenly clicked WHY the current Suspension bridge is located there. Not just because it offered direct entrance to the centre, but also as it is the shortest point to cross the river! I marked up this map showing the current crossing in green, which […]
This lovely photo has no date, but likely taken in the 1920s or 1930s. Pictured is the Pey Brig, (The Suspension bridge), which was built in 1852 and demolished in 1949. This is pictured from Blantyre side of the River Clyde looking across to Bothwell. A beautiful, tranquil scene, surprisingly very green given the location […]
These photos are from 1955. Although Elmwood School was not in Blantyre, half of these girls were from Blantyre. Here the girls are pictured walking back from Bothwell Road towards Low Blantyre. Thanks to Gerry Kelly for sharing.
Bothwell Castle 3 and 4 Colliery, also known as Priory Colliery, was owned by William Baird and Company. Despite the castle name, it WAS on the Blantyre side of the river, but pits 1 and 2 were on Bothwell side. Priory Collier had two shafts, sunk in 1889 to a depth of 1,344 feet, and […]
On Tuesday 26th April 1949, one of the River Clyde’s oldest landmarks passed into the limbo of forgotten Blantyre things. The suspension foot bridge linking Bothwell with Blantyre was closed on that Tuesday night, and shortly after, dismantled. Opened in 1852, four years after David Livingstone left Blantyre, the bridge was built by the firm […]