Well, here’s a brick that was actually used to build part of “Fin Me Oot” (Caldervale). To be more precise, it was used to build the outdoor washhouse. When former ‘Fin Me Oot’ resident Gerard McGarry came back to Blantyre from the United States in 1994, memories of his childhood growing up at Fin Me […]
Broomhouse Farm – According to Parish Records of 1859, Broomhouse was then just a long thatched cottage, lived in at either end, but with the middle portion of the roof collapsed and in ruin. Mr John Torrance, a solicitor from Hamilton owned the house and surrounding lands and indeed the nearby quarry. He, or his […]
Campsie View – On 15th April 2016, a large detached house in Auchentibber came up for sale for £650,000. Situated on the former site of Broomhouse Farm, and accessed from Parkneuk Road, the estate agent gives a good description, of what is one of Blantyre’s modern largest houses. The ground level comprises of the […]
This double storey ruin at Parkneuk, Auchentibber was unknown in name to me, until lately, when Alex Rochead happened to be discussing it with Isabel Fleming of East Kilbride, who confirmed it was called Mckay’s Building or Mckay’s Land. The name was in danger of being forgotten, so it is with sincere thanks to Isabel […]
A few people have recently asked me about the old ruined buildings at Auchentibber, as pictured recently here by Alex Rochead. Located just up from the War Memorial at Auchentibber, on the same side, information on these buildings has been fairly sparse. However, using maps, i saw that they were on the 1859 map and […]
During 1856, a fatal accident killed two local men who were working at Blantyre’s Broomhouse Lime Quarry. The Quarry was situated just off the Auchentibber road and Sydes Brae (not far from where the war monument is today). On the 1859 map, the quarry is depicted by the oval shape, nearby to Broomhouse itself. The […]