In March 1978, Strathclyde Regional Council decided to tighten up road safety conditions for children going from Coatshill to local Primary Schools. It was agreed to create a school crossing on Blantyre’s Farm Road. The local council meeting that month concluded that due to the large number of children using schools in that area, […]
Next , a photo sent in with thanks to Stephen Gallagher on 8th November 2014. Finding out a little more via social media, various people were able to identify the date and the people in the photo. Maureen O’ Connell told me, “It’s the back yard of 64 Farm road Blantyre, the Reynolds residence until […]
I’ve previously written about a path leading from Glasgow Road down to Blantyre Works Mills called, “The Dandy”. You can read more about it here. http://blantyreproject.com/2014/03/02/origins-of-the-dandy/ This article relates to one particular part of that path, at the point where it crosses over the Caledonian Railway. (The railway line at that point leads out to […]