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A black and white photo of Calderwood Castle has been carefully coloured here showing the former building in all its glory! Pictured around 1910, this photo remarkably is 110 years old and is incredibly detailed. From the detail on the stonework to the figure standing in the gardens, it’s a perfect picture which puts the […]
Have I got a wee treat for you today!! A beautiful video by ‘East Kilbride Tranquility’ of Calderwood Castle, colourised. A window back to the past. Photos from my collection and from EK historian Chris Ladd’s collection have been beautifully colourised and used with permission, set to a lovely piece of music. This video part […]
This is former Calderwood Castle at East Kilbride, just over the Rotten Calder River, right on the boundary of Blantyre Parish. Taken in the first decade of the 1900’s, this photo has exceptional clarity. In fact, i can zoom right in on the detail! This beautiful building was demolished in the 1950’s. Featuring Blantyre Project Social […]
Next up is this amazing photo, seen here for the first time online! The photo may appear older than it actually is, due to the “classic” vehicle in the foreground. Dating it is fairly easy though for the Castle surrounding this Turret at Calderwood was demolished in 1948, with the tower itself in the early […]
This postcard shows the BIG LINN, i.e the large waterfall high up the Rotten Calder not far from Calderwood Castle. Taken around 1910 or so, this postcard would have made a great buy for tourists visiting the castle. I filmed a video of this waterfall 5 years ago. Here:
An old postcard from just over 100 years ago showing Calderwood Castle. Sitting on the east Kilbride side of Calderwood Glen, the former castle is no longer there, long since demolished. How amazing it would have been for this building to have survived and for the paths either side of the River Calder to […]
Pictured here is extraordinary resolution is Calderwood Castle. Remarkably, the photo was taken in 1910, over 105 years ago, the glass plate captured by High Blantyre photographer David Ritchie. I’ve sub divided the image up into separate areas of interest, each highlighting some detail otherwise hidden by the original image. Of particular interest are the ornate […]
Now this may be a cleaning activity , rather than repairs but for some reason, there’s a huge ladder leaning up against the Tower of Calderwood Castle. Photographed by my second great grand Uncle, David Ritchie, from the Blantyre side of the Rotten Calder, is the back of Calderwood Castle around 1915. At the time […]
In early May 2015, East Kilbride historian Chris Ladds, showed me a sketch that had ben sent to him that same month. Incredibly, the sketch dated in 1821 is approaching 200 years old and in colour, features Calderwood Glen. Drawn by a Mary Paterson, who allegedly was a nanny or teacher at Calderwood Castle, the […]