The aerial photo from the early 1960s captures High Blantyre, focusing on Broompark Road and Main Street. It depicts tenements being demolished, Smiths Garage, and the Dales. Notably, the Parish Chambers are adjacent to public toilets. The post invites memories from this area.
In the 1890’s, a railway bridge once crossed over Broompark Road, near to where St John Ogilvie Church is today. The open grass parks where people walk their dogs today once accommodated an elevated railway. The ceremony of breaking ground and commencing the construction of this under section of the Strathaven Railway took place on […]
1950’s and a nice new footpath at the corner of Broompark Road and Stonefield Road. This is the back of the current newsagents, which in that era was Dunsmuirs Drapers. Beyond the cross, you can see the Larkfield Bar, located in what is now the Olive Music Lounge’s front carpark. The two storey tenements now […]
Here’s another comparison of photos taken 117 years apart at the same location. This is the top of Broompark Road looking down the street to the north. How incredibly different this looks back in the day. A high stone wall ran down the east side of the road, with some large trees on that side, […]
Two photos taken 117 years apart at exactly the same location. Strangely, Broompark Road carriageway has actually reduced in width over the years to make the pavements wider and provide safer turning for vehicles. The black and white photo is from 1905 taken at the corner of Blakely’s Pub and of course the pub still […]
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 […]
This photo may not be much to look at, but the scene is incredibly changed today. Taken in 1977, it shows the former Dixons Bing at Larkfield, just before being levelled. The road is Broompark Road, with Eddie Collins ‘supermarket’ and bakey seen clearly. High Blantyre Primary School would be out the picture to the […]