Back to Auchentibber Quoiting Green and the former Italian Gardens. Who could have thought a place like this existed in Blantyre…..in the midst of a busy mining community!? This photo from the 1910’s taken by Davi Ritchie shows the miners we featured a few days ago in the background, many of whom were quoiting players. […]
From over 100 years ago, this photo was taken at Auchentibber Quoiting Ground, outside the former Auchentibber Inn. Pictured are the male toilets, a small rustic outdoor building made of wood, for the miners and visitors if they were “caught short”. This little building would have been approximately behind where the Auchentibber War Memorial […]
Here’s the full photo from 1900 or just before showing the expansive Blantyre Works Mills, the sweeping Clyde at the bend. If you look closely you’ll see the gardens on the left hand side, the whitewashed double storey homes of Waterloo Row and the old suspension bridge. On the opposite bank, on the horizon is […]
On Wednesday 8th June 2016, I was honoured to be invited along for dinner at the newly renovated Crossbasket Castle to provide some history on tap, to the dinner guests that evening. That warm evening, I got to dine 7 courses with a full wine taster and enjoyed some excellent company. It was my chance also […]
This photo is one of the last ever to be taken of the beautiful Italian Gardens surrounding the Auchentibber Quoiting Green. When J.B.H Struthers, owner of the nearby Auchentibber Inn died in January 1938, he was single and had no children. It is thought the Inn was demolished very shortly after his death, for it […]
Referring to a little souvenir booklet from 1909 written by the workers who created the Auchentibber Quoiting Green and surrounding gardens, these words describe how the old quarry at Auchentibber was turned into something useful. It also sets out to describe how Village Inns in general were losing character and a yearning for something more […]
Referring to a little souvenir booklet from 1909 written by the workers who created the Auchentibber Quoiting Green and surrounding gardens, these words describe the vision and events leading up to the creation of the lovely gardens. “A Theory in Practice – About 10 years ago (1899), Auchintibber Inn came into the market and […]