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What a wonderful previously unseen photo this is. Clearly staged with more than a hint of Victorian fashions and style, I believe this was taken in 1896 or 1897 by photographer David Ritchie. The image is scanned from negative plates, providing exceptional detail. I think it is the Burns family, who briefly lived at Caldergrove […]
With WW1 “hotting” up in 1916 and an influx of casualties, many properties in Britain became hospitals. In Blantyre, one particular Mansion House became a Hospital. On Saturday 9th October 16, Archibald Russell Limited, the well known firm of coal owners with large interests both in Lanarkshire and the Bannockburn district of Stirlingshire, announced that […]
Showing previously unseen photos, from my own private collection, this is the Eastern Caldergrove Lodge House. Pictured around 1898, you can see Priory Bridge on the left hand side. Caldergrove Lodge House (East) – is a current sandstone house situated near Low Blantyre. Within the Parish of Cambuslang, it sits just over the boundary of […]
An advert appeared in the Glasgow Herald in April 1861, selling off timber from felled woodland at Caldergrove. A sale was organised for Wednesday 10th April 1861 from a position near the former house at Priory Bridge. Timber consisting of oak, ash and alder was to be sold in one lot, shown by the […]
Caldergrove Row On the 1896 map, there is a curious block of 8 small homes, single storey all terraced directly opposite the Caldergrove Lodge House. What makes this curiously interesting is that they’re not in the 1891 census nor the 1895 valuation roll or indeed in the 1901 census. Certainly not shown anymore on […]
Another excellent photo of Caldergrove House, once located behind Bardykes. During WW1, when it was taken over as an Auxiliary Hospital providing much needed care to soldiers injured in the war. This quality photograph from Gordon Cook shows the medical staff and patients outside the front door. I’ve zoomed in to pick out some of […]
What an amazing photo this is! During WW1, Caldergrove House was turned into a hospital for recovering, wounded soldiers. Sitting near the front door, not too far from Priory Bridge, the medical staff pose for a photo alongside the soldiers, all smartly dressed. There is almost one nurse or doctor for each of the […]
Hopefully this is a brand new photo for you all! Pictured in World War One, a hundred years ago are the nurses and doctors , the medical staff of Caldergrove House, which at that time had given itself over to becoming an Auxiliary hospital on the outskirts of Blantyre. As well as being a fantastic […]