How’s this for a wonderful photo, which next year will incredibly be 100 years old! As promised, this is the start of many colourised old Blantyre photos, being shown exclusively on Blantyre Project. Frank William Benham is pictured outside his shop at the bottom of Stonefield Road in 1921. Whilst writing my Glasgow Road book, […]
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1921 Children at Benham’s Shop
I love this photo. Some Blantyre children in 1921, peer in the window of William Francis Benham’s Shop at 11 Stonefield Road. This was near the bottom junction not far from Valerios Cafe de Royal. The date and location are confirmed accurate. The window is a good source of finding out what Benham’s sold. The […]


