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Who remembers the IMO carwash at the top of Forrest Street? I’m struggling to work out when this was built, but looking at the lack of growth and trees in this photo and the fact carwash was only 70p, it’s probably older than I thought. IMO to this day still operates through a Network of […]
I’ll be writing about the north side of Glasgow Road along with many great photos in due course. For now though, here’s great photo taken in July 1981. Pictured from Glasgow Road, this must have been a strange sight at the time, following the demolition of the tenements on Glasgow Road. The photo is taken […]
Pictured here in 1978 on Glasgow Road are the old tenements and hall which accommodated Blantyre Central Co-op. This was a former 2-storey stone built building at the west corner of the junction of Herbertson Street and Glasgow Road. Constructed started in 1915 and it opened in February 1917. The Co-op building was built on top […]
I’ve seen a few inaccurate reports about Mr. William Small, the trade unionist, largely due to errors and misunderstandings because his son was ALSO a trade unionist called William B Small. I’ve set out to make a correct entry online about William Small, as follows: Small Mr. William – b1845 – d1903 was a […]
What a different 70 years makes. These photos are of the same viewpoint, but taken 70 years apart. In 1979, the demolition of the Victoria Cafe is underway in this photo with quite a shocking lapse of safety, simply asking people to stand back. Courtesy of James McGuire’s collection, this is Glasgow Road at […]
This incredible high resolution photograph is of Blantyre Victoria (Vics) Football Club. Taken at the end of their award winning 1892 – 1893 season, incredibly the Blantyre photo is 122 years old! When Jack Bethel asked if I would like to scan a copy of it, I was excited to see all the people […]
On Saturday 26th November 1932, one man was killed and 5 people injured when a car collided with a group of football supporters on their way to the Blantyre Vics game at Castle Park. A motorcar had swerved on to the pavement at the junction of Glasgow Road and Forrest Street, to avoid colliding […]
Thank you to the Historic Hamilton page, who kindly emailed me this great 1955 Aerial photo of Forrest Street. Pictured is Blantyre Engineering Works at the top left. At the bottom left is Castle Park, the home to Blantyre Vics and separating the two properties is the small lane that led to John Street. This is […]
Pictured here in 1955 is the Blantyre Oil Works. Located at the very bottom of Forrest Street, the building was situated in an area of heavy industrial activity. Across the road was the saw mills, which had existed for some 70 years previous. Beyond that , Blantyre Foundry and the Blantyre Engineering Works. The Oil […]