The daughters of James and Jessie Brownlie. This family lived at 58 Hunthill Road and we’ve been exploring some of their stories this week. From left to right are Mary McKay Allan Brownlie born 1917 in Falkirk, Agnes Carmichael Brownlie born 1914 in Blantyre and Margaret Pettigrew Brownlie born 1920. Their brother Hugh and sister […]
This happy photo is a wedding on 16 March 1957 at the former Stonefield Parish Church, Glasgow Road, Low Blantyre. Marion Cameron and John Brownlie left the church as man and wife, with the Blantyre scouts in attendance. With thanks to Marion for sharing this photo (via A Rochead)
Korek Constructed: c 1869 Other Names: Brownlie House Constructor: Robert Lindsay Original Address: 301 Glasgow Road House Type: 2 Storey Houses Current Address: 323 Glasgow Road Brief Summary: The name ‘Korek’ may have Polish origins, although there is no immediate connection to constructor Robert Lindsay, who built this twinned property in 1869. Similar to […]
Several people over the years have asked me about this, so hopefully this answers the question, “When were the trees planted at Larkfield Bing?” On Friday 10th March 1978, two councillors put their backs into it along with more than a little help from dozens of local schoolchildren, to make Blantyre a more beautiful […]
“Calderview”, was a building which once stood on Hunthill Road at the corner of Stonefield Crescent. It had the address of 55, 56, 58, 60 and 62 Hunthill Road. There are no entries for Calderview on the 1905 Valuation roll, but the building is on the 1898 map, indicating that it may have been called […]
Thanks to Robert Brownlie, who took time to compile this moving image of the evolution of Main Street. Sent into Blantyre Project this week, it shows Main Street looking westwards towards Kirkton, the older early 20th Century photos by comparison to colour early 21st Century photos, proving how much character and charm this area has […]
Thanks to Robert Brownlie who has photoshopped this picture, by overlaying the Kirkton area as it is today, with an old picture taken in exactly the same location, one hundred years earlier! Robert’s expert overlay creates a scene putting the demolished buildings into context as to where they were originally sited in High Blantyre’s Main Street. […]