Dye Works Fire, 1859
About nine o’clock in the evening on Tuesday 13th September 1859, the two large brick buildings, forming part of the dye works at Blantyre Cotton Mills, the property of […]
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Main Street, High Blantyre
Another wonderful photo of High Blantyre Main Street, from the 1920’s. On the right, in the Co-operative building (now Costcutters), a child carries the shopping basket of a mother […]
Remembering Ann Mann
Warning: This story contains upsetting content. A fatal accident sadly involving a child happened on Thursday 22nd November 1849 at Kirkton, High Blantyre. The child was the six year old […]
Dye Works Burns down 1821
On Saturday 28th April 1821, in one of the very first documented articles about fires in Blantyre, the former extensive dye works at Blantyre Works, near the River Clyde, […]
Blantyre Engineering Works Fire
About ten o’clock on the morning of Monday 20th August 1923, fire broke out in the pattern store at the Blantyre Engineering Company’s works at Forrest Street. By the […]
Henderson’s Buildings, Blantyre
From the book, “Blantyre Glasgow Road South – The Real Story” by Paul Veverka (c) 2017 Henderson’s Buildings On the site of former Springwell Farm, throughout the late 19th […]
1978 Anderson Church Fire
The Anderson Church on the east side of Stonefield Road, burned down in the early evening of Thursday 8th June 1978. Vandals were thought to have caused the blaze, […]
1967 Pillar Box Fire
On the evening of 14th September 1967 residents were alarmed to see smoke coming from the letterbox of the mail pillarbox at the bottom of Stonefield Road. Police and the […]
1978 Little Jack Horner Playgroup
Following several catastrophic fires in Blantyre during 1978, the fire brigade formed an initiative to go round local schools, telling kids a bit more about what they do. This included […]