Before and after photos of Craighead House. One pictured from 2000, and another a year later in 2001 following the catastrophic fire which saw the buildings demise. Once a grand house of Blantyre, by the 1900’s this building was sadly a shadow of its former self. The property called “Craighead Retreat” owned by the Jesuit […]
A photo shared here by Hoch McGandy. His uncle is pictured here amongst the men outside the former Craighead Retreat. The photo is dated 13th November 1938, just under a year before WW2 started. This may be a long shot but perhaps Blantyre fathers, uncles or grandfathers can be identified amongst the group?
Christine Wallace shared this excellent aerial photo of a former Blantyre Estate during the 1980s. It is of course Craighead, I think pictured in 1983. The house in the foreground with offices and outbuildings in the background, including the Victorian folly to the far left. How neatly kept the gardens were too even then, […]
A wartime era photo of Craighead retreat, Whistleberry. Recognise anybody?