‘Lady Park‘ was the former name of upper fields belonging to Greenhall Estate adjacent to Greenhall Farm. In May 1917, Alexander Marshall Junior (14) of School Lane was caught deliberately setting fire to 8 yards of hedge at Lady Park. He pled guilty in court. He was caught red handed by an approaching police officer who […]
Who remembers this? Remember when fire destroyed the shops at Coatshill? Early 80s? How improved that whole area is now compared to those days. Thanks to Marion Brownlie for sharing this picture. What year was this?
This is the story of a major fire on one of our bridges crossing the Clyde. Lets go back to 1921. On the morning of Saturday 4th June 1921, the Clyde bridge which carries the Caledonian Railway main line across the River Clyde was discovered to be on fire! When the fire was discovered, the […]
Another remarkable photo from 1979. This time showing the brave firemen at the top of Stonefield Parish Church on Glasgow Road after it burned down in September of that year. The photographer must surely have used a lens on his camera to capture this scene. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use […]
A Blantyre man bravely rescued 7 members of his family from a house fire during the first Sunday of 1980. The fire took place at Ashley Place, Blantyre at the home of the Simpson family. The alarm was raised by 2 children after their downstairs bedroom quickly caught fire. With the house filled with […]
On Sunday 18th July 1968, the goods shed at Blantyre Railway Station burned down. Two fire brigade units attended but the wooden structure was a raging inferno and left practically only the brick chimney standing. The devastation was so thorough that the structure had to be demolished entirely by British Rail the following Monday […]
A pall of smoke hung over Lanarkshire on the afternoon of Monday 3rd September 1979. Upon investigation it was found that the St Andrews’s Church (formerly Stonefield Parish Church) on Glasgow Road was on fire. The fire representing the latest incident in a string of bad luck for this church. As brave firemen worked hard […]
By September 1979, the new Saint John Ogilvie Chapel on Broompark Road was just about constructed. However, fire broke out at the unfurnished building on the last Saturday that month and firefighters were immediately suspicious as to the cause. The damage was light, but once the blaze had been brought under control, police launched […]