Pictured here in a previously unpublished photo, taken in the 1910s is Broompark Quoiting Green. This small sports field was located near the junction of Broompark Road and High Blantyre’s Main Street, in what is now Ally Bally Bees Nursery. Photographer David Ritchie lived nearby at the time and it is thanks to his wonderful […]
As the sport of quoiting became popular in the early 20th Century, Auchentibber wasn’t the only quoiting ground, although perhaps is the one most remembered. For example, between 1910 and 1936, the quoiting green at Broompark Road was popular. The sports ground was located just off Broompark Road on a spare piece of ground, where […]