I DO LOVE a photo with no date! Being sent undated photos is like a little challenge to me, to try to close down the decade the photo was taken, or even possibly find out the year. I’d seen this photo of Douglas Street before in the late Neil Gordon’s book back in 2004. […]
Thanks to Scott MacVicar for sharing this photo from 1988. Pictured of course is the former Old Parish Church Hall at the High Blantyre cross, a year or so before being demolished. I’ll say it again, they just don’t make buildings like this anymore. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others […]
In February 1989 when the old Church Halls were demolished in High Blantyre, work was planned to start on the new Church Hall in the field between the Church and the manse. By September 1989 work was well underway as these pictures show. The walls constructed in brick, the roof, a series of timber […]
Attached are the accounts for the construction of the Old Parish Church halls at Kikrton in 1893. Listing the total bills paid and slightly over the £1,350 budget at £1,534, the halls were completed a year later than expected. Much of the work went to Blantyre people and nice to see the Hamilton Advertiser still […]
This printed flyer has some interesting information on the outside and inside, relating to the intended construction of the 1892 Church Halls in High Blantyre. The flyer sought to inform people that a “Bazaar” (late Victorian fete) was to take place, to raise money for the construction of the halls. The outside cover tells local […]
A great photo of a man standing at the corner of High Blantyre Church Halls, at the Junction of Main Street and Hunthill Road. What makes this Kirkton photo all the more remarkable is that it was taken over 110 years ago, around 1905. Photographed by David Ritchie, shared here by Alex Bowie, I wondered […]
Taking TWO 1905 photos of Kirkton, by High Blantyre man David Ritchie, and merging them together, gives FANTASTIC results! Indeed, these two photos were likely taken on the same day, perhaps just one after the other. I’ve been able to photoshop them together, capturing a panorama of everyday life in Main Street, Kirkton in 1905. […]