The official Blantyre Parish boundary at the east of Low Blantyre is the Park Burn, a stream which rises at Blantyre Park, further and higher to the south west. Other tributaries like the Red Burn flow into it further to the west and it flows in a north easterly direction towards the […]
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Margaret Aiken Pollock
Jessie Ewart Balfour 1913
The Greenfield Foundry
This lovely semi-rural scene is Low Blantyre, facing over towards Burnbank in the background. From the turn of last century the photo in available by postcard and dates form 1908. The foundry referenced at the top right was Greenfield Foundry which later became the site of Ireland’s scrap yard. Today, the first Depot Bus Station […]