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 […]
I love this photo for a whole load of reasons, the first one being it’s a great photo of my father, Joe Veverka. This is August 1969 and he’s here in Scotland on holiday for the first time. Hardly able to speak much English, he was bowled over by the warmth of the country, it’s […]
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? […]
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 […]