Although slightly outwith Blantyre Parish into Cambuslang Parish, this find is interesting enough to tell here, and is good evidence of early habitation in this general area. In November 1930, two stone cists or and a cremation deposit were uncovered during the construction of Dalton School, Cambuslang. One cist, covered by a capstone measuring […]
About ten o’clock on Wednesday 19th July 1933, just as the light was dipping, a terrible accident occurred at the junction of Stoneymeadow Road and Dalton, which left one person dead. Richard Dale, residing at 48 Park Street, Cambuslang was running his Blantyre sweetheart back to High Blantyre, when tragedy struck. He was riding a motor […]
2014 My own photo taken mid September. Pictured are Beech Nuts at the side of the road, Stoneymeadow road, High Blantyre Junction with Dalton. Beech is a fairly common hedgerow plant in the UK. Largely deciduous, the nuts appearing in Summer to Autumn are about 15mm long, forming 3 sides. The seeds are bitter to […]