Before we leave the subject of the former Greenhall Firing Range, here are some modern photos of how it looks now. In particular, the raised platform where the men fired their rifles from and also looking out across where the firing range was. Situated just off the Craigmuir right of way, not far from the […]
I’ve recently been passed a most interesting old document which local man Robert Stewart has kindly given me. Salvaged from an old Graham Street Council Depot, I’ve dated the book around the late 1970’s given its content and references. It appears to be a Right of Way Signage or maintenance booklet, describing in detail many of […]
Pictured here in 1930 is High Blantyre Train Station looking northwards. The long shadows falling west, suggests the photo was taken one morning in that Winter. The signs say “Cross the Railway on the Bridge only” a drive towards removing the accidents that once frequented Blantyre’s railways from pedestrian traffic. The line curves over Main […]
Pictured is High Blantyre Railway Station, just off Craigmuir Road. The railway stopped to foot passengers in 1945, but this photo dates a little earlier, possibly from 1930s. Photographed from the pedestrian bridge, the scene looks Southwards towards Sydes Brae. On the left you can see Craigmuir road rising gently, the Old Parish Church just […]
Jim Cochrane shared this photo adding, “My Great Granny and two of her sisters. Mary Baird, later Struthers standing at the back. She stayed in New street off Stonefield road. Christine Baird, later Carmicheal seated left. She stayed in Small Cresent. Janet Baird (My Great Granny) seated right. She married Robert Main from Barnhill Farm […]
“On Wednesday 28th February, the body of a man about 60 years, and apparently a tramp, was found lying at the Greenhall brickwork near High Blantyre. On the body were two pawn tickets bearing the name John Chalmers, for articles pledged in Wishaw and Motherwell. It has transpired that the man had told some people […]
Pictured here drawn in 1982 by A Lindsay, is a sketch of 1950’s High Blantyre Railway. The sketch incorporates the bridge in the foreground at Craigmuir Road and the railway heading round to the bridge at Sydes Brae. It may be that the artist felt the need to record this memory, for during those early […]