About 5 o’clock on Monday 17th June 1861, a collier named William Bishop, aged 17 went into the River Clyde at the riverbank about 300 yards west of Haughhead Bridge and didn’t come out alive! He entered the river on the north side and swam towards the Blantyre side, but unfortunately about only 6 […]
Sticking with yesterday’s scene on the River Clyde, lets go to the year before. This rare photo shows the installation of a new sewage outfall at the end of the Parkburn, flowing in the River Clyde. The photo was taken on 8th October 1902 and as you can see the river is incredibly low. In […]
From a few years ago, these pictures by Alex Rochead show something quite special. The end of the River Calder and the point where it flows out into the Clyde! This location is just beyond Fin Me Oot, to the north of the railway, to the west of Haughhead.
On Wednesday 21st July 1926, a low Blantyre miner was caught killing an otter at the River Clyde at Blantyre Weir. The otter measured 3 foot and weighed 42 lbs. Police were called and the miner was later sentenced for poaching. Otters are known to frequent both the River Calder and Clyde. As pictured […]
Gord Fotheringham has kindly shared these 2 photos from his family collection. From 1955, it features his dad and sister, Anna swimming in the Clyde near Blantyre Weir. You can just about make out the suspension bridge in the background. Do you have family photos you would like to add to the 8,000 Blantyre […]
With the closure of the Blantyre Suspension Bridge on 4th May 1949, thoughts had firmly turned to a replacement crossing by 1950. In Springtime 1950, the new site had been chosen, which was to be further downstream beyond the weir, much closer to Shuttle Row. By April 1950, workmen had marked out the site with Black […]
Today’s photo is of the River Clyde in 1904. The ferry boat glides from Blantyre to Uddingston, back and forth. Pictured here zoomed in, with a hooded passenger and a young boy stands on the riverbank, awaiting the ferry boat. River Crossings on the Clyde are written about in the 17th Century and indeed likely to […]