During the Christmas holidays of 1904, scores of people from all over Britain, and mainly from Manchester and Bolton, spent their holiday by travelling to Blantyre in the hope they could meet with the famous bonesetter, William Rae. William lived in the house pictured at the top of Station Road, near the junction of Glasgow […]
Gwyn Ogden shared this photo of High Blantyre Main Street. Gwyn told me this was “pictured in 1979 at 294 Main Street, near the top cross”. The cottage is derelict today not far from the traffic lights. Pictured just over 40 years ago, are some children including Gwyn’s three oldest children Robert, Matthew and Natalie […]
Another wonderful photo taken in Auchentibber. From 1978, this one storey stone built cottage is located at the junction of Auchentibber Road and Parkneuk Road, not far from the War Memorial. What a beautiful door! Well kept even in 1978, the cottage is put into its location context by this rough, modern aerial photo: […]
Who remembers this cottage being lived in? Pictured here, still occupied in 1989, this cottage was built in 1823. With exception of my own home, this is the oldest house in Main Street, High Blantyre still standing, although now of course a ruin. Trees grow from within it now, the roof partially collapsed, the windows […]
During the first Wednesday of March 1900, an alarming fire took place at Braefoot Cottage in High Blantyre, caused by the bursting of a lamp. Braefoot Cottage should not be confused with Braesyde Cottage, which still sits at the bottom of Sydes Brae. Mr. Andrew Grieg, with his invalid mother lived in the cottage […]
The Glebe at High Blantyre is a relatively modern house, built in 1963 on the former site of Glebe Cottage, on Craigmuir Road, High Blantyre. It is large, built of brick and covered with white roughcast. It is one and half storeys with a pitched roof. The entrance is gated and there are some tall confiers […]
Continuing my investigations into Blantyre homes that are now no longer here. To the east of Blantyre Farm was Blantyre Ferme Cottage. This was a modest home , built around 1830 on the very edge of the Clyde. Neighbours were sparse as aside from the Blantyre Farm itself, the cottage was very isolated. There was […]