A rare glimpse into the past, now brought to life in colour! This beautiful photo shows local children and two men at Calderglen Falls, East Kilbride, around 1900, standing on the wooden bridge above the rocky riverbed. The cascading waterfall ‘The Big Linn’ in the background adds a tranquil charm, while the young girl standing below […]
Originally called ‘Calderbank West’, this is the mansion house more commonly known as Calderglen. In modern times, it is New Calderglen House, a residential care home. In May 2024, Walton Healthcare Property Consultants brokers of the sale of this rehabilitation centre on behalf of a valued client, to Enhanced Healthcare Ltd. The home was sold […]
About 6am, on Sunday, 11th September 1898, Mr Dunn, the coachman of Calderglen House was awoken by somebody knocking at the stables attached to the grand house. On rising from bed, he found a man outside imploring for help. To his horror, amongst other injuries, one of the man’s hands was almost severed at the […]
These incredible mosaics were once on the wall in a little chapel formerly located near the Priory Bridge Housing Estate. As part of the Calderglen Estate, the chapel was erected in the 1880s in memory of Pelham Maitland Cochrane, the son of the Calderglen House owner. When the chapel became in disrepair, the mosaics were […]
Jackie Lindsay, who lives in Wales and is related to the Cochranes who once lived at Calderglen in Blantyre recently emailed me. Her message contained a ghost story which is retold here. Jackie said, “When I visited Calderglen in 1993, owners at the time, Mr & Mrs Welsh were lovely. They were fascinated by what […]
This is the Cochrane family of Calderglen, Blantyre. A remarkable photo from the early 1890’s likely taken at Calderglen estate. Pictured is JR Cochrane the head of the household with wide Mary-Anne Howden together with their son and six daughters. This was not the typical Blantyre family that most of us would think of when […]
It was just a few months into WW1 and many of the battlefield atrocities still had to come, but life was going on in Blantyre and in December 1914, one “Well to do” household allowed themselves a short reprieve for a festive party. The 11th December 1914 (exactly 106 years ago today), was the date […]