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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.
Going back next to 1979. This was the view from the former Craighead Bing. Spilling down next to the River Clyde, the view looks south westwards back towards the Clyde Braes and Blantyre itself. The opposite bank on the right is Bothwell. The Craighead viaduct railway pillars would be just out the photo to the […]
In 2007, Vandals broke into the grounds of the Craighead School and set fire to their minibus leaving the whole school absolutely devastated. For over a year, the school had no minibus restricting many of the outings that would have otherwise been possible. The idiots who stooped so low as to torch a school bus […]
Craighead School at one time was the largest Special needs School in Scotland with over 400 pupils. However, by 2008, in its final years pupil numbers and declined. On Friday 10th October 2008, the pupils and teachers of Craighead School held their annual Harvest celebration. The pupils had been planning this special day since the […]
I’ve not written much about the former Craighead School on Blantyre Project, so it’s been great to get some information recently from a teacher. Craighead’s 60th birthday was celebrated on Friday, August 29th 2008. By all accounts, it was a great day, full of surprises in the form of guests AND loads of different activities! […]