How’s this for a wonderful photo!? This photo is of Jessie Ritchie who was born on 11th October, 1896 at School Lane, High Blantyre. The daughter of David Ritchie, once a travelling joiner and Mary Ann Fleming, her dad is the assumed photographer. This photo is perhaps 1907 or 1908 and the bike is her […]
This lovely, previously unseen photo from my collection shows the brand new houses built on Broompark Avenue. Photographed here in 1908 or so, they were constructed around 2 years earlier by William Burnett. Obtaining the land from the Jacksons of Croftfoot on 1st November 1905, William Burnett planned on constructing an avenue with good quality […]
Today, we’re looking at the controversial subject of some of the privately owned roads in Blantyre that had by the Millennium got into a poor standard. With the council choosing not to adopt them previously, expectation was on the residents of each street to look after them. All these photos date from the year 2000. […]
Pictured here in 1908 in Broompark Avenue in exceptional clarity and high resolution is little Blantyre boy, Robert Ritchie. Photographed by David Ritchie (a distant relative of mine), Robert stands outside the door of his house in good clothes indicative of Sunday best, or perhaps part of a band or club? He lived at the second […]
Pictured here in February 2013 by Robert Stewart are the new flats at Broompark Grove, Blantyre. Located just off Kirkton Park, this construction extended the culdesac at Broompark Avenue with many more homes. These modern flats were built in 2011 by Rosewood Homes, based in Livingston and fitted out to a high standard. They contain […]
A photo now from 1908, previously unpublished on the Net. This is little Kate Ritchie of Broompark Avenue, as photographed by David Ritchie. Barefoot, Kate stands at the front door of the house and is probably around 3 years old. Holding a makeshift barrow she’s carting her doll, standing in her parent’s kitchen. Incredible to […]
Pictured here in Broompark Avenue is little Robert Ritchie. Photographed by David Ritchie in 1908, Robert stands outside the door of his house in good clothes indicative of Sunday best, or perhaps part of a band or club. Robert’s home looked out over to Broompark House, pictured in the background later to become home of […]