This excellent photo was taken at Calder Street School in the immediate post WW2 years, during the late 1940’s. Some happy, smiling faces on the winning team as they sit proudly with their trophy. The Janitor to the left, sports teacher to the right. The boys had played in the Lanarkshire Junior Schools Cup. The […]
This great photo is from 1958, featuring Blantyre lads and lassies at Calder Street Secondary School. These children would have likely been born during the Second World War, meaning they would be in their mid 70′ today. Do you recognise anybody? I’ve zoomed in with good clarity….. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not […]
Do you recognise anybody in this Calder Street Secondary School photo from 1966/1967? With thanks to Jim Cochrane for this better copy.
It’s been a sad, eventful day in Blantyre as the community counts the aftermath of one of the most devastating fires in modern times. As you may be aware, Blantyre Miners Welfare Community Resource Centre burned down in the early hours of Monday 13th November 2017. Despite being one of our most popular buildings, it […]
George Crawford shared some fantastic social history with me recently. Born in 1930, in this extract he recalls some childhood memories of Blantyre. Pictured is George and all his classmates in 1937 at Calder Street School. “I do remember from the bathroom of our house at the Stonefield Parish Halls on Glasgow Road, the […]
This 2010 Aerial photo was taken by Brian Young’s son on a training flight. I wanted to feature the photo here as it shows something quite unusual. The Auchinraith new and old Primary Schools side by side to each other, just before the demolition started of the old Calder Street School! The new Primary school was […]
More Blantyre News from 20th January 1967. Some little interesting snippets of what was going on back then , that week. Coatshill Tyre Spree “Police have received a number of complaints of tyres being slashed in the Coatshill area of Blantyre. Enquiries are being made as a sharp instrument is thought to have made […]
Three Cambuslang youths would seriously regret some moments of madness when they broke into Blantyre Miner’s Welfare in Calder Street in December 1968. They first broke into the centre on 2nd December 1968 and stole 3 bottles of whisky, one bottle of vodka, 400 cigarettes and £8. A successful haul, they decided to come […]