Taking you all now to 1960. Pictured is the old chip shop on Fernslea Avenue at the junction of Oaklea Crescent. The picture looks north towards the old St Blanes school. The houses adjacent on Fernslea Avenue look fairly new, the roughcast still pristine, with young hedgerows in the gardens. What’s your memories of […]
St. Blanes Primary School is located in Fernslea Avenue. There have been 2 schools at this location. The former school coincided with the building of many new homes around it. It was part of a noticeable expansion of Blantyre in the mid 1950s. Accommodation was for 340 pupils. An interesting feature being that it was […]
I recently posted about the history of Fernslea Avenue. Here’s another photo of that street in the mid 1970’s. To put the picture into context, it’s looking west towards Dechmont Hill. On the right is now St Blanes Primary School entrance. On the left is Chestnut Grove. The Orlit’s built homes haven’t changed much, the […]
Photographed in the 1940’s is a view from Wheatlandhead Farm (Russells’ Farm) at Stonefield looking across to Stonefield Road behind the hedge line in the distance. The photo is courtesy of Elaine Russell, whom a couple of years back gave me permission to share some of her family photos. I thought I’d offer some information […]