In May 1906, a letter from Auchinraith School Headmaster, Mr Welsh was submitted to the Blantyre School Board requesting that his fence around his home should be replaced. A strange request given the school house and its garden at the top of Craig Street was relatively new. This prompted some humorous debate by the Board. […]
TMinnie Stewart of Park House, High Blantyre is pictured here whilst in the WLA and working at Basket Farm for Jimmy Shields . Looks like she was in charge of a nice Ayrshire coo with big horns! The date is unknown but may be the 1950s? Photo courtesy of the Rochead family at Malcolmwood Featuring Blantyre […]
Let’s go to the Calder next. Here, the Ayrshire Cattle plod along by the river at Milheugh during the early 1950’s. Pictured from the island, looking back to the riverbend. Photo courtesy of the Rocheads ,Malcolmwood Farm . Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said:Caroline […]
Jim Cochrane has kindly shared further photos of Calderside Farm in the 1980’s. In this last set, Jim told me, “The long byre or Big byre held 29 cattle if I remember right and were milked by a pipeline system as you see above them. In total, the farm had 70 cattle in milk […]
Jim Cochrane has shared some more photos of Calderside Farm Steading in the 1980s. He told me, “The rear of the farm between the red hayshed. This was the oldest part and dated from before 1700 . It was possibly the original house and small byre . The gable end was the end of […]
It was “go slow” on Blantyreferme Road at Priory Bridge and Coatshill this morning, as 2 cows were on the loose. Traffic was held up today, Tuesday 2nd August as the 2 animals travelled up Blantyreferme Road, into Coatshill and Priory Bridge Housing estates. Thanks to everybody who shared photos and to Sam who shared […]
Great excitement prevailed in Blantyre on Tuesday 8th March 1932, when three bullocks which were being driven along Glasgow Road got out of hand and ran wild for a time, ending up in baker’s shop. The animals were being driven to the county abattoir in Forrest Street when a passing motor car apparently frightened them. They […]