What if you could go back half a century to 1976 and stand at the top of Station Road, looking across to the Co-Op on Glasgow Road? What would you see? Even if its only for 4 seconds, A.I imagines…….I thought this turned out rather well, in excepitional quality and quite accurate, considering this video […]
In July 1892, a Blantyre resident criticized the Blantyre Independent Co-Operative Society’s committee for constructing a boundary fence themselves instead of hiring local fencers. The complainant argued this decision unfairly deprived local workers of income and suggested that members should address the issue at the next general meeting to challenge the committee’s authority.
Gordon Cook recently shared a photo of an old Blantyre Co-Operative Society token, expressing his surprise at not having seen it before despite frequent visits to the Co-op. He invites others to recall or share their memories of Co-Op tokens, encouraging anyone who still possesses them to come forward.
Still immersed in Blantyre during the 1890’s, I found the following extracts from the Hamilton Herald Newspaper. A good little summary of what was going on in mid July 1893. “The finishing touch is now being given to the stalk of the new chimney , which rises to 130 foot at the new colliery, near […]
I’ve written previously about the Auchinraith Bakery, but posting again today with more detail and following an interesting email I received the other day. A brand new bakery at Auchinraith Road, Blantyre was opened on Saturday 15th October 1904. After posting recently about an accident on the chimney, and seeing all the comments from people […]
Jack Byres shared this photo of some Blantyre Co-Op Tokens. The Co-operative Society has long played a vital part in Blantyre’s commerce since the 1880’s. It was such a monumental part of everyday life in in this town that it’s worth touching upon their history further. Although the Co-op, as an enterprise has roots as […]
117 years ago, on Saturday 9th June 1905, the Blantyre Co-Operative held their annual gala day. The weather was beautiful, but without a public park in Blantyre, the gala had to be held on private ground. The donated venue for that day was the farm field in front of Croftfoot (my own home) in High […]