Arguably, one of my most favourite Blantyre photos. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you , for the first time seen here, the former Cochrane Chapel, in all its glory, just over 110 years ago! Once located at Calderglen, near where Kirkwall Avenue, Priory Bridge is now, this is an exclusive photo and to best of […]
A photo from around 110 years ago. Behind Jura Drive, at the end of what is now Kirkwall Avenue once stood Cochrane’s Chapel. In what is now woodlands, there was a little memorial graveyard beside the chapel, this stone remembering Pelham Maitland Cochrane. Sheep are in the Calderglen fields where Jura Drive is now. Above […]
Pictured in 1975, are the north, south and west facing sides of Calderglen House. Now a care home, this grand house has enjoyed a rich heritage in Blantyre and been home to several families prior to it becoming a business in the late 20th Century. I see the grand entrance was being used as a […]
Here’s a fantastic photo of the Greenhouse at Calderglen House, just off Blantyre Ferme Road. Clearly when this photo was taken in 1975, it was still being used and despite its age, looked to be in very good condition, even with some apparent glass repairs. The Victorian greenhouse sat on the edge of the terraced […]
I just don’t know what to say next! With thanks to an extremely thoughtful family, descended from the Cochrane family of Calderglen House, and their very generous gift, I’m now the proud owner of an extremely important collection of Blantyre memorabilia, the history of Calderglen! The Collection The current nursing home near Blantyreferme Road was […]
Mr and Mrs J.R Cochrane of Calderglen Estate were congratulated by their servants and employees at the end of January 1900. The occasion was a happy one when those wealthy owners of Calderglen House put on a lavish supper in the main dining room on Tuesday 30th January for all their staff to recognise […]
Miss Janet Anderson died on Tuesday 27th May 1879. The dairymaid from Calderglen was killed under shocking circumstances on the railway near Blantyre. She had been at Hamilton and travelled by train to Low Blantyre Station, alighting there. She decided then to take a short cut along the line, which directly passed by Calderglen. She was […]
I’ve previously written about a little 1884 ruined chapel at Calderglen, the article here: https://blantyreproject.com/2014/06/02/cochranes-chapel-blantyre/ However, back in February 2016, on a particularly rainy weekend, I set off with Gordon Cook and Alex Rochead to the location of the chapel, armed with a shovel, to see if we could find anything. The purpose primarily was to […]