In August 1980, local lad Brian Fisher (13) as attracting international attention in the footballing world! Brian, of Helmsdale Avenue, Priory Bridge received a trophy from English FA coach Tony Heaney and finishing top player in a coaching squad of 40 youngsters who had recently visited Butlins. Brian, a John Ogilvie School pupil in Burnbank […]
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1817 Fatal fall from Priory Bridge
On Saturday 21st June 1817 an open air stage coach travelling between Glasgow to Hamilton was involved in a fatal accident on top of the Priory Bridge at Blantyre. As the coach approached the bridge, an oncoming horse and cart startled the horses pulling the coach, and the passengers on top of the coach were alarmed […]