I thought I would share this family photo. It’s one of my favourites. Winter 1973 and I’m the little boy on the sledge. Pictured also is my mother, attentively looking after me, making sure I had fun that day. I think this was taken at the top Calder, not far from Hunthill Road. Although I […]
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John’s Recollection of High Blantyre
A nice email this week from the previous owner of my home at Croftfoot, High Blantyre. John Whyte, who lived there in the 1950s and 1960s emailed me this which contained enough nice references for me to post his email here, “I’ve sent a photograph again (of Croftfoot 1957) with arrow pointing to the door […]
1890s Milheugh Bridge, Blantyre
It is with sincere thanks to Gordon Cook and with his permission via Alex Rochead, that I have been permitted to share this previously unseen photograph of Millheugh Bridge, at the bottom of the Pech Brae. Although there’s no date on it, I’m confident from features on old maps showing the nearby mill(s) that it […]
More Craigneith Castle
Craigneith Castle lay across the waters of the Rotten Calder from Calderwood Castle to the east of East Kilbride on the Blantyre side of the river, and served as accommodation for servants at Calderwood, which technically precludes its later description as a folly. Craigneith, was in fact a folly castle which was titled Craigneith Castle, […]
1920’s Trip to the Calder
This family photo is a little bit of a mystery. Given the fashion and what i know already of this photo, it is likely the 1920’s. The only person I recognise is my Grandmother Mary Duncan (Mary Danskin at that time) in the back row, next to the tall chap. On the back of the photo […]
Opening of two Blantyre Schools
Monday 26th October 1875 was a monumental day for Blantyre. In previous years the Village school at Blantyre Works had been filled to capacity and throughout 1875, no less than two new schools were being built. The first being Stonefield Parish School (affectionately known as Ness’s School) located on the later Caspers site, where the […]
Estate paths now long gone
My recent few posts about Millheugh House got me thinking about the gravel paths leading to the mansion. In the photos of 1910 the paths are well established, wide and i distinctly remember the remains of the paths and the green railings when i was a child in the early 70s. What happened to the […]