Neill Reid shared this photo adding, “Hi, I got this photo from my Dad’s belongings. He was Hugh Reid and is in the front row on the right. I don’t have a date for it, but judging by Dad’s age I would say it was somewhere around 1948-52.” Do you recognise anybody? Is this Calder […]
By October 1977, work was progressing well in converting the old Calder Street School building to accommodate Auchinraith Primary School pupils. The old Auchinraith Primary School was no longer fit for purpose, though wasn’t demolished until 1980. Did YOU move from Auchinraith to Calder Street? What’s your memories of this?
On 21st May 2024, I was delighted to call into Calderside Academy where Kirsty Sweeney had a gift for me. A gift, which as a local historian was most appreciated as I became the new custodian of the log book and School registers for the former Calder Street School! The log book begins in August […]
Jock Torlay shared this fantastic photo which was taken around 1949 or 1950. This is Calder Street School Football Team. Do you recognise anybody? On Social Media, the following comments received on Facebook about this article: John Corny Cornfield Great pictureJaezj Jaezj Just wondering if that could be my cousin Robert Liddle, front row extreme right […]
Love this next wee story! Blantyre Project reader Duncan Slater (85), was recently returning from a family reunion in Rugeley, England and on the way home met up with a childhood pal. A Blantyre School pal he hadn’t seen…… for 71 years! Duncan is pictured on the left after meeting up with John Gillespie (also […]
More nostalgia today as we go inside the former Calder Street School. Built in 1912, demolished in 2011, the school situated on Calder Street, directly opposite the Police Station, lasted 98 years. Teaching generations of local children, the classrooms were large and open, something by design to accommodate 1910’s classes of 60 children each! These […]
These photos will bring back lot of memories for many Blantyre folk. This is of course the former Calder Street School. Pictured in 2010, just before demolition, there were some items saved from the school when it was demolished. The old school bell itself now sits in the reception area of the new Auchinraith Primary […]