This photo is from 1984. Pictured is Devlin Grove on Glasgow Road. The Council’s brand new sheltered home facility was built in this location to fill the large space that had been created from the tenement removal. It was much needed in Blantyre and designed to fit in with the modern, opposing new shopping centre. […]
Two photos from 1984. The scene is familiar, although the buildings in that time are new. This cluster of modern buildings helped shape Glasgow Road as we know it today. The 599 Club, St Andrews Church, Clydeview Shopping Centre, the Sports Centre and Devlin Grove, all built within a couple of years of each other. […]
June 2019 was quite the month for people turning up and handing in things to my door! Like this big yellow box from George Hay, packed full of “auld photos” of Blantyre. A treasure trove of nostalgia collected over several decades and stuffed full of photos of Blantyre that even I’ve not seen. I look […]
Devlin Grove – is a current Sheltered Housing complex for independent living on Glasgow Road, Low Blantyre, G720LX. The name of the block also has the same name of the nearby access street, leading off of John Street. How the name ‘Devlin’ came to be is unknown but as a suggestion, it may have been […]