The content describes a notable aerial photograph of former tenements on Cemetery Road, located near the War Memorial and Cemetery. It highlights features like the long stone stairs and wide pavements with minimal traffic. The Parish Chambers, now High Blantyre Community Hall, is visible in the foreground, inviting memories from readers.
The aerial photo captures High Blantyre in the 1960s, showcasing an empty cemetery with laid-out lairs yet to be occupied. Two figures are seen near former toilets, with allotments located between Broompark Road and Cemetery Road. The landscape has significantly changed since then, prompting nostalgic reflections.
Frustratingly, I don’t have a date for this photo, but the occasion is known. It’s the opening of High Blantyre Hall on Cemetery Road. Officials from 8th District Council (Lanark County) gathered for the opening ceremony at Cemetery Walk and some of them are known. Standing left to right is Ian ?, Mr McInally, J […]
I’ve got LOADS of new photos to show you from the 60, 70s and 80s over the coming months, courtesy of George Hay. Like this great photo, taken around 1980 or 81. It is of course Main Street looking west. The junction of Cemetery Road is on the right, the tenements in the foreground, no […]
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 […]
In March 1979, uncertainty existed at a block of shops on the north side of High Blantyre’s Main Street. The shops on the lower floor of the tenements at the corner of Cemetery Road and Main Street were to be put under compulsory purchase order, to make way for the council’s new development of […]
Eleanor Clark messaged me in February on the request page at Blantyre Project website saying, “Hi. My Granny Catherine Paterson lived in 16 Cemetery Road, High Blantyre along with my dad Robert, brothers John, Gavin, and Wallace and my aunt Christine. The building was still standing the day she was buried. She was married to […]