Heavy penalties were dished out in Hamilton Sheriff Court to several individuals at the end of April 1909, after they set up and participated in an illegal outdoor boxing event Blantyre. Standing in court was Daniel McGoldrick of Airdrie, John Boyle of Burnbank, Thomas Maxwell of Hamilton, Joseph Smith of High Blantyre and Thomas Connelly […]
A wonderful photo from nearly 100 years ago. Shared here by Gordon Frew this was taken at the end of Clark Street, just off Glasgow Road. The tall fence may be Blantyre Vics? Gordon told me, “My gran is 2nd from right back row she looks around 6 to 8 years old so that’d place […]
Pictured here looking eastwards is Glasgow Road. Behind the building on the right is Church Street and you can see the roof and steeple of Stonefield Parish Church at the top right. The steeple is leaning northwards and it would later be demolished for safety. To the left is former Clark Street leading off […]
An alarming fire broke out on Saturday 26th February 1927 in buildings at Clark Street, Low Blantyre. The properties were owned and occupied by Patrick Murray, a coal merchant. Patrick was also a dealer in second hand furniture. When the fire brigade arrived, the buildings were well alight, but the firemen quickly got the flames […]
Blantyre has many, many streets that are now no longer here. I’ve been looking at these in recent weeks and started compiling information where they were and when they were there or demolished. Some large buildings with their own names, usually tagged with the word “Place”, have also been demolished. The names with “Place” attached […]
Pictured here in the 1970’s is Glasgow Road at the top of former Clark Street (now at Devlin Grove). This block was home to several shops, but perhaps the most notable and well remembered was Matt/Matha the Poles Or better known as Millar’s sports emporium! The “Pole” was an affectionate nickname, for they weren’t Polish, but […]
Back to Glasgow Road. This time 1978, a time when huge redevelopment was underway. Blantyre residents go about their daily business, hands full of shopping, for Glasgow Road had just about everything you would ever need at that time. Looking towards Burnbank, the picture is taken near the former junctions of John Street and Clark […]