A big sorrowful sigh when I see this beautiful photo of Stonefield Park. The grand, isolation and focal point of the COWAN WILSON Arch, the well kept cut grass and beautiful flower beds. Even the wooden trellis, adorned with sweet peas is a sight to behold. The trees in this 1960’s photo are a LOT […]
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Cowan Wilson Memorial Arch
A previously unseen photo of the Cowan Wilson Memorial Arch in Stonefield Public Park. Taken in the early 1960’s, the nice thing about this photo isn’t only just the beautiful arch, but it’s the beautiful flowers all around the park and who beautiful the whole scene is. No houses on the park, lovely well kept […]
My Father, Joe – 1969
1950 Elizabeth at Cowan Wilson Arch
Here’s another charming photo shared by Elizabeth Weaver. She’s the happy child in the photo pictured around 1950. Standing under the Blantyre iconic ‘Cowan Wilson Memorial Arch‘, it looks like a spring or autumn day evident by the bare trellises and lack of leaves on the trees. Who remembers happy childhood days in the park? […]
1965 Stonefield Public Park
Pictured is the Glasgow Road entrance to the Low Blantyre Public Park, more recently renamed McAnulty Park. This beautiful photo dates from 1964 or 1965 and sent in by Robert Stewart. Underneath the Cowan Wilson Memorial Arch , the gardens are laid out nicely and well tended. Marigolds in the foreground, roses and geraniums in […]