If you’ve been away from Blantyre for any length of time recently, you may be surprised to see several large new developments under construction. The town is changing and one notable development is the new flats between Logan Street and Church Street. This great drone picture by Blantyre Drone Works shows the development well in […]
Let’s go to the bottom of Church Street next. The year is 1978 and these great family photos capture not just cherished memories for the Krawczyk family, but also nicely show the former shops and homes on Glasgow Road. Incredibly, not one of these buildings, including the church stands anymore. Memories of these buildings brought […]
I had to stop for a second when writing this to double check the date. 1984….was that REALLY 36 years ago?! This photo taken at Glasgow Road looks over to St Andrews “new” church at the corner of Church Street. The cars may have changed, but actually looking at how the building is today, there […]
On 3rd September 1979, Stonefield Parish Church suffered a similar fate to other Blantyre churches that decade after going on fire. This appeared to be an accident following work being done on the roof. Despite losing their church building, the congregation remained resilient. During the next 3 years they travelled further west and met in […]
During the 1930’s, situated between Logan Street moving east was a small wooded area, which ran through to Church Street. The wood ran alongside the drill hall, what we know now as “Terminal One” Youth building. The name “St John’s Wood” was common to the 1930’s and 1940’s era and was less used post […]
Like all the southern side streets leading off Glasgow Road, Church Street had its humble beginnings as a field boundary between two fields, in particular at this location, on the former farm of Stonefield. The boundary became a track in the 19th Century and the track would towards the turn of the 20th […]
These photos kindly shared by Michael Barrett show his family garage and workshop at 19 Church Street, near the top of the cul de sac, during the 1970s. According to my notes, in 1970, Mr Barrett, the father of Michael, started a small bus business at Craig Street but had to move in 1973 […]