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 […]
Plans to build a brand new ‘state of the art’ nursery school in Blantyre’s Church Street were finally shelved in March 1977. For some months prior to this, a new school was planned for children but like much of the education spending in the 70s and 80s, were finally subjected to Strathclyde Regional Council’s cutbacks. […]
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 […]