On Tuesday 29th July 1902, play during the school holidays went terribly wrong when several children were seriously injured at Craighead Rows, Blantyre. That Summers evening workmen were making some repairs and had been working with tar. Barrels of Tar lay close to the Criaghead Rows, (miners homes, just off Glasgow Road). When the men […]
About 7 o’clock in the evening on Sunday 18th January 1903, the skies above Craighead lit up as Blantyre residents became aware something was on fire. During that cold Winters night, it became clear that the lamp cabin at Craighead Colliery was alight. The cabin belonged to Coalmasters William Baird & Co and containing all […]
A little piece of really old history for you today! I’ve found evidence of a former weir, that seems to have been forgotten about. Spanning the River Clyde between Craighead and Bothwell, I only noticed the ruin of this weir on the corner of an old 1806 Architects plan drawing for the then new weir […]
At the start of September 1909, the Hamilton Herald told readers of a few “Autumnal” related matters occurring in Blantyre. As summer months started to end, a few Autumn stories and matters appeared in newspaper columns. I’ve picked a few interesting items. “Signs are not awanting to remind us that the winter season is fast […]
Staying with 1979 today and a few more photos of the former Craighead Bing. Just off Whistleberry Road, this was before the creation of the Raith part of the EK Expressway, the bing and these scenes subjected to bulk earthwork shaping for the construction of the major road. This was a visible end to the […]
A view from where the Expressway is now, looking over towards Craighead. Trying to work out the perspective of this September 1979 photo, I think the Craighead Bing is to the left and the flat roofed building was Scottish Waters, (now Story Construction) next to Ireland Alloys. Whats your memories about this area? Anybody able […]
Staying with 1979 today. This view from the Bothwell side of the River Clyde looks back across the former Railway Viaduct piers over Craighead Bing and Blantyre. The pillars are now demolished, the bing flattened and levelled.