In 2001, planning permission was granted to construct 16 new flats at the site of the old Blantyre Mill works. Objectors failed in their bid to stop the development near to the edge of the River Clyde. In 2001, there were three dilapidated buildings on the one and a half acre greenbelt site, close to […]
A previously unseen photo taken in 1923 of Shuttle Row. What is so noticeable in this photo is just how run down the building is. Indeed it was close to being condemned before the decision to save it and turn it into the museum and memorial. Render falls off the walls, dirt and grime stain […]
By the 1910’s and early 1920’s Shuttle Row, the birthplace of David Livingstone was starting to fall into serious decline. The homes there were in deplorable condition and like other buildings in the Village works, had been condemned. This picture allegedly of 1916, shows just how squalid the exterior of the houses had become. Brickwork […]