There were some busy pubs in Blantyre on 27th January 2018, but that Saturday evening party was most noticeably happening at High Blantyre, at ‘The Cornerstone‘. The popular pub had been shut in recent weeks up until then, undergoing a complete interior makeover and customers we’re thrilled and excited to see it unveiled that […]
Geradline Carrigan Burns kindly shared this photo she took in 1985 at Kirkton Cross. Pictured is Carrigans Public House, complete with the original door at the front corner. (now a window). Geradline told me that the building had been suffering badly from subsidence, much the same as many of the adjacent homes had been […]
Located at the corner of Main Street and Hunthill Road is The Cornerstone Pub. The building was officially opened as the name ‘The Cornerstone’ by former landlady Lynsey Baird on 17th February 2014. A busy little pub with views out to Blantyre Main Street and the Kirkton area, the property dating back to the late […]
David Maxwell’s Restaurant was situated in the Spiers Laun building, and the establishment later became more known as “The Station Cafe”. Pictured here around 1880s or 1890s is a woman, perhaps related to the Maxwell’s outside the restaurant in High Blantyre’s Main Street. The stone work is new looking, as the building was still fairly […]
This photo dates from the late 1880’s or early 1890’s. A charming photo of Kirkton Top Cross. Another source suggests the photo was taken between 1900-1910 but I believe that to be incorrect. The style of the clothes, the fact that the men have beards (that fashion started to fall away by 1900) and other […]