On 31st December 1935, two men were charged after a raid by detectives on their houses at High Blantyre which led to an appearance at Hamilton J.P. Court. The two men had decided to stock up for their festive holiday a little earlier than planned, and in a manner most illegal. Mr. David Cunningham, labourer, 10 […]
A significant meeting for Blantyre took place on Tuesday 5th May 2015 where South Lanarkshire Councillors passed a motion for Blantyre’s brand new Cemetery. An agreement was reached to purchase 4.9 acres of land at Sydes Brae above Newhouse, which will accommodate over 1900 new lairs. Designed for Blantyre’s burial needs for the next 30 […]
Isn’t it strange when a colour photo is turned into Black and White, it somehow takes on a whole new meaning, an older perspective and if the subject matter is old, then in some cases could be passed off as an old picture itself. One such example is this modern 2012 photo of High Blantyre […]
There is a reference in the 1885 Annals of Blantyre book to “an old graveyard in Blantyre, covered in daisies and buttercups that had not been disturbed for hundreds of years.” This has always puzzled me, as dead people were being interred in the old Kirkton graveyard not just at the time this book was […]
On Monday 18th September 1939, demolition work commenced to start knocking down some of the older tenements in Alpine Street, located just off Glasgow Road. (Alpine Street doesn’t exist anymore, but it was located approximately where the corner of modern John Street is today, more to the side of the Sports Centre.) William Joseph Maxwell […]
I see a petition is circulating online for fixing the gravestones in HIgh Blantyre Cemetery. That’s a good cause and if an MSP can intervene to do something, even better. Two years ago, a few Blantyre residents including myself decided to do something about it. Unfortunately though, we were advised by the council that the […]