A wee snippet of Blantyre news from 131 years ago. On the afternoon of 22nd August 1893, an accident occurred in Church Street, which left a man injured. James Lyon, a stonemason employed at Orchardhead, High Blantyre had a narrow escape. He had been in the act of building a chimney on a new house […]
Photographed in 1977, this previously unseen photo is Blantyreferme Brickworks, or rather what was left of them. Now cleared, not far from the bend in the road, the area is now fields and woodland. Do you remember these ruins? With thanks to George Hay for sharing this some time ago. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. […]
Thank you to Robert Stewart for sending in this great photo of Priory Pit. Taken by himself, Robert told me, “The photo I’ve attached of the pit I call ‘The Last Lum’ (chimney), with Carlowrie Avenue and Hillview Drive in the distance. I can’t remember when I took it but it was either late 1968 […]