Back in 1898, the Clay Road cutting through from Low to High Blantyre was no more than a small rough track, the predecessor of what would later become Victoria Street. If you can imagine in that era, the track was the width of the lane where it exits on to Main Street today. Then there […]
Blantyre Parish Council met on Thursday 8th April 1910 to discuss the condition of Victoria Street. An improvement plan for the road surface was discussed. Now first, we need to put this date and location into context. At that time, Victoria Street had only been named in the previous decade, existing prior to that as […]