Nan Lyndon, aged fifteen, who lived with her father, a widower, at St. James’ Place, Auchenraith Road, Blantyre, was drowned in the River Clyde at Blantyre on the afternoon of Monday 22nd January 1934. The newspaper reports of the time told “The body of the girl lay wedged in between boulders in the centre of […]
It’s almost difficult to even recognise this next picture, the scene has changed so much. Pictured in 1904, at Kirkton, High Blantyre Main Street, is a rare view of the east side of the Speirs Laun building. What’s nice about this photo is that it shows so many other buildings that were in School Lane, […]
This photo is a new favourite of mine, again as its so close to home. Pictured in the early 1920’s is Main Street at Kirkton, looking down Main Street itself. Pictured is the ‘Speirs Laun’ building on the left hand side which was eventually demolished in 1934, by order of the council for road widening […]
Pictured here in 1905 is Kirkton Top Cross, in High Blantyre. This row of houses, shops and pubs was built in 1865 and is no longer there. Looking at this scene today, you would see the coal monument to the 1877 pit disaster. The two storey tenemental type buildings were largely owned by the Downie […]
Well noticed! Whilst stopping at the traffic lights in Hamilton at Peacock Cross, Blantyre Project reader Tracey Lees noticed a plaque saying it was the house of David Livingstone. Tracey asked us to clarify the plaque. This is INDEED NOT the case. Whilst David was born in Shuttle Row and lived not only in Glasgow […]