I’ve been looking at the hardships in Blantyre during Summer 1894 when the Miners strike caused so many families to be starving and destitute. by August, things were so bad that the authorities sought to reduce the relief being given to the poor by sixpence, in order to help fund a further £40 towards the […]
Now here’s a story, anybody with the surname MURRAY may be interested in. On Saturday 20th November 1897, Mr Neil Murray, a Labourer aged 46 from Blantyre met with a somewhat serious accident on the way home from the pub. He had been out drinking in Stonefield and late that Saturday night into the wee […]
We all know that there is a railway line to the north end of Blantyre that branches out towards Glasgow and in the opposite direction to Hamilton. It may surprise you however, to know just how much of Blantyre was previously criss-crossed with railway lines and what a large part of Blantyre the railway […]
Thank you to Robert Brownlie for sharing all these important Caledonian Railway (internal) documents relating to the planning application, consents and approvals for the Hunthill Junction of the Caledonian Railway line. The stone viaduct at Greenhall was being built in 1881 as part of this extended line intended to take the railway up to East […]
In October 2014, I was contacted by Andy Bain who said whilst out walking recently in Low Blantyre (when the River Clyde was low), he observed what looked like a tunnel and a nearby structure. The ‘Tunnel’ was photographed from the opposite side of the river in July 2014 during a real dry spell and […]
At the farthest Northern extent of Blantyre on the River Clyde is the Clyde Railway Bridge. This was modeled in a similar style to Bothwell Bridge, but was located far downstream spanning between Blantyre and Uddingston. Located just North of Boat Jocks house, the Railway Bridge was constructed in 1849 for the Caledonian Railway. A […]
On 11th April 2014, I was asked by Jimmy Whelan if i knew anything else on the little ruin that sits on the railway line behind Calderglen Avenue, behind the modern number 46 home. The ruin actually sits on the side of the railway. I now have the full story about the railway halt, behind […]