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 […]
Standing at the corner of Broompark Road near the crossroads at Stonefield Road/Crescent. This is 23rd April 1977 and pictured is the site then proposed for the current Larkfield Community Hall. The Bing was still being levelled. In the background midway down Stonefield Road you can see the partial steeple of the Anderson Church, which […]
These three photos look over to the former Colliery Bing at Larkfield. Taken on 21stApril 1977 from Broompark Road, you can see the Bing still has to be levelled in the background. The Bing quite literally spilled down the sides of Eddie Collins shop, built in front of an older building. These photos may not […]
Going back now to 21st April 1977. Pictured from Stonefield Road (roughly where the bus stop is today) is the site clearance for the Larkfield Hall and flattening of the former bing. The building is Collinses former shop and bakery (on the site of the later Mahatten, Finbarrs, Carrigans). Broompark Road runs along the left […]