The first week in April 1967 was particularly notable for vandalism in Blantyre. An empty prefab in Lochlie Street, High Blantyre which was due to be demolished was set on fire on the evening of Monday 3rd April 1967. Although firemen were quickly on the scene, only the frame was left standing. The next evening […]
Details became known on Tuesday 25th August 1931 of a daring burglary which occurred at the licensed premises known as the Castle Vaults, Blantyre, on the day before on the Monday afternoon. Castle Vaults Public House is pictured on Glasgow Road at the corner of John Street, a couple of years earlier in this rarer […]
This photo shows a rainy Glasgow Road looking west with John Street on the right. To the left branching off is Logan Street. The Castle Vaults pub on the right, the Priory Bar on the left. The photo dates from 1927. The tramlines are visible in the carriageway and hardly any traffic. Today it looks […]