In August 1894, a Blantyre man wrote anonymously into the Hamilton Herald and Lanarkshire Weekly Newspaper with a rather tongue in cheek dig at a Councillor. The message was “Waken up John, Waken up, there’s an election coming!” meaning that it was time for that particular councillor to spring into action and get things done. […]
Continuing some interesting local , little known stories from the 1890’s. Masonic Lodge No 367, Blantyre, known as The Crusaders Lodge, L.O.G.T decided on the evening of Tuesday 2nd July 1895 to have an open air meeting in High Blantyre. The outdoor venue was the farm fields to the north of Causeystanes/Main Street overlooking Dixon’s […]
An advert for a Blantyre business I’ve only just become aware of. Nicols of High Blantyre, conducted watch repairs from their premises at the top of Broompark Road, at the junction of Main Street. This advert dates to 1901 and I think they were short lived, so it is little wonder I’m not aware of […]
The T junction at the top of Broompark Road, High Blantyre where it meets Main Street wasn’t always a T junction. It used to be a crossroads! On the 1890s maps, a street called “Forrest Place” led off Main Street towards the South, opposite Broompark Road. Leading to five tenement style houses, it would appear […]
I’ve been looking at this photo taken around 1905 or so which is the upper half of the Broompark Quoiting Team photo, recently posted here. I wanted to try and determine which properties these were, especially as one of them at that time, was still thatched. A 1910 map of Causeystanes reveals the location, and […]
These photos were taken around 1908 at Barnhill Quoiting Green. This small sports field was located in what is now the beer garden of the Hoolets. In later years it looks likely to have moved from this small waste ground pictured, to behind the wall, in a larger more defined Quoiting green adjacent to Broompark […]
The T junction at the top of Broompark Road where it meets Main Street wasn’t always a T junction. It used to be a crossroads! On the 1890s maps, a street called “Forrest Place” led off Main Street towards the South, opposite Broompark Road. Leading to five tenement style houses, it would appear Forrest Place […]