A lovely photo of Dechmont. In particular, this is the firing range and was photographed around 1964. The area was clearly marked to prevent walkers and trespassers from wandering in. A flag system allowed passers by to note if the range was being used, though the loud noises, I’m sure would surely be a giveaway. […]
Taking you back to 1962/1963. A great, but very short video of kids playing in Blantyre at the Timber Houses former playpark. First half is Hamilton. Ends with shots of Caldervale (Fin Me Oot) and Dechmont. PURE nostaliga. I could immerse myself in these sort of videos all day long. Featuring Blantyre Project Social […]
This wonderful photo was photographed in 1957 by the father of Anthony Smith who has kindly shared the scene here. Anthony’s brother is just in the foreground of this panoramic photo of Low Blantyre and Baird’s Rows, the tied miner’s houses. The dog track can be seen on the bottom left, and the vantage point […]
I recently met with Alex Rochead and Gordon Cook for coffee in April 2015. We got to discussing the old Hardie Street postcard and what was in the background. Was it the Gasworks of Stonefield Road? Was it the Larkfield Bing? Alex clarified the mystery by taking a modern photo of Hardie Street which shows […]
Letterick, is an area immediately to the north of Greenhall, but just out the Parish boundary. It is still close enough though to Blantyre to be considered part of this area and feels closer to Blantyre than East Kilbride. It is accessed from the Dalton Road, leading off from Stoneymeadow. A mill stood on the […]
I’ve uncovered on this old 1859 document, a long forgotten account of Buildings that once sat on top of Dechmont Hill. The account was written in 1859 and in that context states “On the summit of Dechmont Hill there are still some faint trace of Ancient Buildings. The ruins of these buildings were considerable about […]
During 1948, The War Office of Britain gave official orders for the squatters at the camps of Old and New Dechmont to be cleared out, to make way for their proposed Territorial Army Firing Range. The area was proposed to be flattened of any makeshift dwellings, fenced off with warning signs and to be used […]