Anthony Smith was recently kind enough to share these wonderful childhood photos with me recently. Ever tried some parachuting at Coatshill or Priory? Anthony told me, “The parachute is actually a time xpired sport use reserve parachute that was given to me by the Scottish Parachute Club.The parachute is an Irvin I 24.Means made […]
This fantastic picture is shared by Anthony Smith and shows the view across to Blantyre from the Priory Bing. Taken in the early 1960’s, this was the final few years of the bing, the last chimney seen standing on the right, demolished later in Spring 1969. This view looks across to Coatshill and Blantyre. […]
More Blantyre News from 20th January 1967. Some little interesting snippets of what was going on back then , that week. Coatshill Tyre Spree “Police have received a number of complaints of tyres being slashed in the Coatshill area of Blantyre. Enquiries are being made as a sharp instrument is thought to have made […]
DISCOVERY IN PLOUGHED FIELD. TRACTOR HITS STONE CIST AND SEPULCHURAL URN- APRIL 1939. An 1939 accident led to the discovery at Coatshill Farm, Blantyre, of an ancient stone cist of coffin containing a partially ornamented urn of primitive design. On the site of what is today, Bellairs Place, The Hamilton Advertiser covered the event on 29/4/1939 commenting; “The farm, […]
A very detailed description of an Urn found near the lower reaches of the Coatshill Farm Blantyre, was left to us which is presented here: Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society Vol. IX Part I 1937 Bronze Age Burials at Blantyre and Milngavie by J.M. Davidson, O.B.E., F.SA. Scot. “Read to the society on Saturday, 16th […]
This was a long lost family request, so I hoped for a good response. In February 2015, I was contacted by Lizzie Cavanagh. In the following message she sent me, I’ve added “Coatshill” to Lizzie’s email, as Heathcliffe Avenue is in Low Blantyre, not High Blantyre. Lizzie told me, “My family lived on Heathcliffe Avenue, Coatshill, […]
Tracking the origin and name of Coatshill area was a bit of a task. The name was on old maps and it’s clear “Coatshill” was a large farm house on the current position of the David Livingstone Primary School, Coatshill. However, there was nothing in the vicinity that would give any clues to the origin […]