Until today, I’ve always thought the Milheugh area of the Calder was home to Blantyre’s oldest trees. Some of the trees on that Estate and at Greenhall are absolutely huge, with expansive tree trunks certainly as old as several centuries. However, on Sunday 2nd November 2014, whilst out walking , I was forced to conclude […]
These two photos shared by Andy Bain, are of Blantyre Weir. Taken eight months apart, the first shows an Autumnal scene observed from the David Livingstone Bridge during November 2013. The second taken in July, shows a much greener, Summer scene, from the same vantage point. Pictured alongside the weir, on the right is the […]
Margaret Chalmers recently sent in a few family photos of her Blantyre family, The Patersons who lived in Ulva Place. Pictured in the family photo here in the 1930’s are the family of Patersons. Margaret told me, “Ulva Place was near David Livingstone Memorial Centre. My mother is at the bottom right, Isobel Paterson the […]
This photo dates from the 1930’s. Pictured is David Livingstone’s birthroom at Shuttle Row, Low Blantyre. I was initially puzzled by this photo as none of the artefacts, the clock, the pictures etc are currently in that room, but David Livingstone Centre confirmed to me today, this IS what the birthroom looked like shortly after […]
Pictured in 1915, from William Low, Glasgow postcard series is Blantyre Works Mills.The scene looks idyllic, but the mills had actually stopped working over 20 years earlier, and these buildings represented a legacy that left many people unemployed. They quickly fell into disrepair and were only partially used thereafter , until their eventual demolition in […]
Two beautiful photos of Station Road. The first from 1932 shows the lower part of Station Road, heading down to the David Livingstone Centre. Farm Road branches off on the left where the cart is standing. Nowadays, this leads to a large post war modern housing estate. In the second picture taken just a few […]
David Livingstone Centre. Not sure i’ve seen this particular photo before. The generosity of some people! This old postcard in an envelope arrived at my front door from Sandra Leggate to add to the collection. Sandra wrote “Paul, Here’s an old postcard of Shuttle Row, The Village. Unused. I think it’s after the centre opened […]