You know how I like to document contemporary changes in Blantyre…..Friday 12th August 2022 saw the opening of a new entertainment venue. That evening was the official launch evening of “The Olive Music Lounge” on Broompark Road. Formerly the Dooninn pub, new owners Audrey and Robert Hunter welcomed the community to their new establishment. The […]
Haulier and businessman; Born September 16, 1922; Died February 28, 2008. Frank Doonin, passed away aged 85 in 2008 after a short illness. He was a remarkable character who founded one of Lanarkshire’s best-known haulage and plant hire firms, Doonin Plant Ltd. Born in Cleland in 1922 to parents Catherine and Frank Doonin, the family […]
Plans for multi sports stadium near Priory Bridge were dramatically halted in Summer 1980 when residents of Priory Bridge formed a petition to obstruct the development. With the speedway at Springwells set to close, a new location had to be found and the private site at Bardykes owned by Francis Doonin, just off the road […]
Another fantastic new photo of the Demolition of the former Burleigh Church. This time viewed from Herbertson Street looking northwards to Glasgow Road. Doonin’s lorries are parked up ready to haul away the demolition material. The Burleigh Church already demolished in a pile at the back. By 1978, some of Glasgow Road was already starting […]
Today’s advert is for Doonin Plant, which many people in Blantyre will know about. Doonin Plant Ltd – modern Road haulage company. This company was available for general and heavy haulage, recycling and carriers of abnormal or heavy loads, either local or long distance. They were based at New Road, Cambuslang and had telephone number […]
Sharon Doonin (nee Morrison) kindly shared this photo of her sitting in Stonefield Public Park, Low Blantyre in Springtime 1975. Pictured alongside her is a rare picture of the empty boating pond (usually drained and cleaned out ahead of summer). In the background are the back of the buildings along Glasgow Road. Greenside Street […]
Pictured here from Jim Cochrane is the Doonin Public House in Broompark Road. Do you known anybody? What’s your memories of the pub? On social media: Carole Mackie Rickard The hatch at the side of the bar, where we used to go for a glass bottle of Coke as a treat 😊 Liz Barrett Bobby Forrest n Alec […]