As life immediately following WW2, tried to get back to some sort of normality, the 5th District Council turned their attention to infrastructure that had been neglected in wartime years. On 29th January 1946, it was minuted, “Repairs to Milheugh Bridge – The clerk referred to the complaint about the condition of the Millheugh Bridge […]
25th February 1964 Minutes of the Fifth District Council were considering by that time, opening up Greenhall Estate as a park for the public. It says, “As considerable progress was being made to the development of Greenhall Estate which is to open to the public, the chairman suggested that consideration may now be given to […]
Considerable discussion took place on Wednesday 24th October 1936, at the Fifth Lanark District Council (Blantyre and East Kilbride), whether or not the council should take over the children’s playground with its amusements, offered by the Blantyre Miners’ Welfare Committee (at the ground in Victoria Street, opposite the medical centre). It was proposed the play […]
The history of lending books in Blantyre can be traced back as far as 1897. By the 1890’s books could be bought at any of the nine local booksellers, stationers or newsagents, but it was a relatively new concept to be able to go into a public library and hire out a book. The Blantyre […]
Pictured here in a previously unseen photo around 1905 is Greenhall Lodge and entrance to Greenhall estate. Until this picture was shared with me by Alex Bowie, I’d never seen this building before, but always wondered what it looked like. The photo was taken by David Ritchie of Main Street, a joiner who also had […]
The things you find in the back of cupboards! What a cheek! Council charged our family £37 in 1966 for a 5 foot bath. That’s about £500 in today’s money! Suppose they never had council tax then. Not sure which is more sad, the fact that I’m posting this as a little piece of Blantyre […]