Who remembers these? When it was a child’s birthday (who was a member of the High Blantyre Parish Sunday School) in the 1970s, they got a little postcard birthday card. Here are some of mine now saved in my growing folder of Blantyre memories. There’s even a card for the year i was born in […]
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Kirkgate at Craigmuir Road
A 1984 competition amongst house builders to make their new homes look more “different” reached new heights in Blantyre when on 1st June 1984 Broseley Homes opened their new Jacobean themed homes in High Blantyre. The new housing development was a first for Blantyre fashioned upon an English heritage look fronted by traditional timbers. Provost […]
Stonefield Church Burns down
On 3rd September 1979 Stonefield Parish Church, Glasgow Road suffered the fate of several other church buildings and was accidentally set on fire. The roof was being restored at the time when a workman left his blowtorch on while he went for his lunch. The building was just 9 months away from its centenary! At […]
High Blantyre Parish Manse
The Rev Stevenson was a persuasive man. During his time as Minister of the High Blantyre Church he left several local “monuments” to his good work and negotiation skills. During 1773, he persuaded the 39 heritors of Blantyre (prominent families who have toiled in the lands of Blantyre for more than 100 years), to construct […]
High Blantyre Church 1793
This old engraving plate was loaned to the Blantyre Project recently by Michael Dorran. With his permission it has been copied and put into this Archive. Pictured is the old High Blantyre Church, that is the predecessor of the current High Blantyre Parish Church. The date is 1793 when the Church was built and it […]
Opening HIgh Blantyre Parish Church
Blantyre Old Parish Church replaced the previous stone church at Kirkton and was opened on Sunday 19th July 1863. According to the Hamilton Advertiser edition 11th July 1863: “The Seats in this (new) Church were on Thursday 2nd July allocated to the heritors and subscribers. The church and stone spire have been erected by subscription […]
1976 Blantyre Old Parish
Blantyre Old Parish Church has recently received a new minister. Sarah was welcomed to the Parish in recent weeks. This reminded me of an old Church newsletter that i still had. Passed to me from my mother, (as i was only 5 at the time), the newsletter features a picture of the Church in 1976, […]