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 […]
Gordon Cook has given me some more information on Blantyre Lodge, the former works managers home in the Village, Low Blantyre. (which was once situated where the current play park is now at David Livingstone Centre). Gordon told me, “It was lying empty for quite a while just prior to WWI, when Rev. J. Brand […]
I’m unsure of the exact date of this photo but would guess it’s 1920s or 1930s. Pictured is Calderwood Castle, from the Blantyre side of the Rotten Calder River. Just down from this on the right hand side is Blantyre’s Craigneith area up at the High Calder beyond Crossbasket. Several old postcards of Calderwood Castle […]