Continuing an extensive look at “Blantyre in 1979”, a significant year of change for the town. The redevelopment of Glasgow Road forced a lot of traders to move, but for some, it was also a convenient time or excuse to retire. At the start of February 1979, one of Blantyre’s best known tradesmen retired after […]
Robert Stewart recently shared this family photograph which features himself taken in August 1959 when he was 9 years old. (The photo was only about 1″ X 1 1/2″ but Robert managed to scan it quite successfully.) Pictured in August 1959, is a small residential building site at 289 Glasgow Road which is the rebuilding of […]