I hope you like this photo. Previously unseen online it was taken around 1900 right on the Blantyre Parish Boundary. A group of late Victorian figures stand, finely dressed on the banks of the river which would eventually become the Lido. This was a time before trams. No tram standards on the bridge yet and […]
A charming Edwardian photo next, a first for this one appearing online. This is a Sunday outing from High Blantyre Baptist Church around 1910. Edwardian ladies and gents from Blantyre are dressed in their Sunday finery and are visiting the high fields at Basket Farm, High Blantyre. There are several babies and young toddlers in this […]