Makes me feel sad. This is the demolition of the Blantyre Post Office on Glasgow Road, incredibly now 21 years ago! These sort of pictures may not have been interesting at the time, but seeing them 2 decades later invokes feelings of nostalgia. After the building was demolished, several Blantyre people were interested in acquiring […]
In March 1979, uncertainty existed at a block of shops on the north side of High Blantyre’s Main Street. The shops on the lower floor of the tenements at the corner of Cemetery Road and Main Street were to be put under compulsory purchase order, to make way for the council’s new development of […]
When I recently wrote about the history of Glasgow Road, I forgot to put up this photo. Taken in 1979, it shows the Priory Bar at the far end starting to be demolished. No real safety in those days. No hoarding. Not much signage. No road closure. Just guys shouting down to pedestrians, to “be […]
Demolished Low Blantyre’s familiar skyline changed permanently yesterday, Saturday 4th August 2018, when the final part of the Eastern side of Clydeview Shopping Centre was pulled down. It’s suddenly strange to see no shops or units there anymore. From the carpark, views across to the trees of Stonefield Park can just be glimpsed and the […]
It’s now just over a week since the demolition of the Clydeview Shopping centre commenced. As you may be aware, the Eastern side of the shopping centre is being demolished and rebuilt in a different configuration. Contractors have been busy and have already demolished close to three quarters of the properties, as our picture from […]
It’s just like 1979 all over again! People looking forward to “out with the old”! With Contractors currently in this week demolishing the shops at Clydeview Shopping Centre on Glasgow Road, there may be a strange feeling of Déjà vu for many people witnessing the work. Yes, only 38 years later, the shopping centre is […]
Metre by metre, moving westwards, the Clydeview Shopping Centre demolition continues. Contractors, using a “Central Demolition” machine are on their second day today, Friday 20th July 2018, tearing down the steel and blockwork property, owned by Asda. Today, they’re up to the former RBOS unit, which can be seen to the left of our video. […]