At the end of November 1908, the Blantyre Salvation Army celebrated their 22nd Anniversary and with it they had found the passage of time had brought them acceptance within the Blantyre community. Times had certainly changed since the Army Corps had first tried to “plant their flag” in Blantyre. The two lassies who were first […]
I’ll be writing about the north side of Glasgow Road along with many great photos in due course. For now though, here’s great photo taken in July 1981. Pictured from Glasgow Road, this must have been a strange sight at the time, following the demolition of the tenements on Glasgow Road. The photo is taken […]
Nobody appears to have written about the Salvation Army Citadel before, so I thought I would put a little fact and detail to it. Pictured here in an aerial photo from 1955 is The Salvation Army Building, nicknamed, “The Citadel”. Actually, the name Citadel applied to most Salvation Army headquarters buildings. Located at the top , […]