Even in the vilest weather passengers on buses can travel between Cambuslang and Blantyre in comparative comfort with little chance of catching pneumonia, but for passengers 100 years ago, it was a very different case! For people especially in Winter it was a miserable experience being on a busy tram ‘caur’. During mid day […]
Another great photo of Stoneymeadow Junction. With view beyond up to the “Lady Nancy” fields, this is the junction at Stoneymeadow as if coming from Dechmont. On the right, the former Boyd’s Farm by this era given itself over to a being a little shop. The shop on the right are now demolished, the land […]
Who remembers the shop at Stoneymeadow junction or the BP filling station next to it? At a time before the EK Expressway, this was on the main road leading up to East Kilbride. The houses still stand today. The scene is either 1950’s or 1960s. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for […]
As we approach the end of our look at Glasgow Road South, the final picture in this book, shared here by Gordon Cook has a tramcar heading towards Blantyre. Nearby, the turn off for Dalton and Flemington, on the left hand side. A snowy scene from the 1920’s. We’re now of course sufficiently beyond Blantyre […]
Road Re-alignment In January 1927, plans were announced to upgrade the road between Cambuslang and Priory Bridge at a sum of £80,000. Further improvements were budgeted to bypass the Priory Bridge at a cost of £32,000 and to eventually remove the redundant tram standards. By May 1928, there had been complaints that the road […]
Edward Boyle has a fantastic website of old Cambuslang photos. From time to time a photo near the boundary of Blantyre crops up like this brilliant photo of the old Smithy at Dalton taken in 1900. Captured on a glass plate, it shows remarkable clarity, despite being close to 120 years old. On the […]
Although slightly outwith Blantyre Parish, this is nearby enough to post here on Blantyre Project. Pictured in May 2016, is a small disused railway tunnel at Dalton, unusually, with the road going over it. The main road leaving Blantyre to Cambuslang goes over the top of this tunnel and many people would not even know […]