This view of Elm Street looks north towards Glasgow Road and was captured on camera in 1978, just prior to the extensive redevelopment. On 3rd September 1979, Stonefield Parish Church suffered the fate of many other Blantyre church buildings and was accidentally set on fire. The roof was being restored at the time when […]
The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged from the 19th-century Holiness movement in North America around 1907. The Beginnings The Holiness work in Blantyre began in March 1907, the following year the American movement commenced. It was originally called the ‘Blantyre Holiness Mission’ but changed name in 1910 to become the ‘Blantyre Pentecostal Church.’ When they initially formed they […]
1978 Bottom of Elm Street looking at the last days of the shops along Glasgow Road. Was there a play park on the left? Being a High Blantyre boy, I couldn’t recall that and decided to ask on social media, where a cascade of replies followed: Margaret Slaven Mc Sorley Yes Alan Baird aye there was swings and […]