Taking you back to 1962/1963. A great, but very short video of kids playing in Blantyre at the Timber Houses former playpark. First half is Hamilton. Ends with shots of Caldervale (Fin Me Oot) and Dechmont. PURE nostaliga. I could immerse myself in these sort of videos all day long. Featuring Blantyre Project Social […]
Pictured a few years ago is the River Calder. The location at this point is little known, as it’s a slightly remote just beyond where ‘Fin Me Oot’ was (Caldervale). On the boundary of Blantyre and Newton, the photos are just beyond the small footbridge not far north of the railway. I have to admit, […]
Continuing a look at children’s playground rhymes. In this article, we look at more broad Scottish rhymes of the early 20th Century, which were popular not just in Blantyre, but throughout Scotland as a whole. There are probably many different versions of these. Hopefully this will remind some people of a certain age of […]
In April 1927, Cambuslang Parish Council received word that the County Council of Lanarkshire would bear the cost of erecting a new bridge over the River Calder, a tributary of the Clyde, at the location of Caldervale. For some time, the nearby residents had asked for the building of a bridge, as workers and […]
William Daye, miner, Caldervale Rows, Blantyre, was sentenced to 21 days imprisonment at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Wednesday 16th March 1927 for assaulting the manager of Blantyre Ferme Colliery, near Uddingston. The manager in evidence said that there had been some difficulties in the district owing to the late that there was not work […]
This photo featured Redlees, just outside of Blantyre Parish, and over the boundary at the back, in Blantyre Parish is Caldervale, the former mining community. Caldervale was also known as Finmeoot. The photo is from around 1923 and was used as a postcard of the era.
A great aerial photo taken in 1941. From above Blantyreferme, this photo looks over to “Finmeoot”, Caldervale. The former mining community is no longer there. The railway line to Glasgow from Blantyre can be seen cutting across the middle of the picture. The road leading over to Newton in the foreground. On social media: Rena […]