What a fantastic picture this is, which Iain Sanderson recently shared on the page. Back to the early 1970’s, this is Main Street, High Blantyre. There’s not many buildings left from this scene today. Who remembers the tall 3 storey buildings on the left. Park Paper Sales is the business on the lower floor next […]
Here’s a little story next, which made the Blantyre news in July 1896. Although a minor incident, I found it interesting enough to include here on Blantyre Project, if only to show how things were so clearly different 127 years ago. 1896 was a big year for Blantyre. Many of Glasgow Road’s tenements were built […]
If your Blantyre ancestor was a farm servant, dairymaid, farmer or an agricultural labourer, then he or she may have been employed on one or more of Blantyre’s fermtouns (farm towns). Before the industrial revolution and the availability of work in large towns, a substantial percentage of the population lived and worked in the countryside. […]
The redesigned health centre and The Haven, located in Victoria Street, Blantyre opened in May 2002. Pictured here by Robert Stewart, in all its brand new glory.