A pre WW2 photo next. Shared here by Neil Scott who told me, “Bill Gardner with his mother at Auchinraith Terrace, around 1940. Bill now lives in Vancouver , Canada with his wife Isobel.” The house and steps look very new, as they were fairly new!
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1936 Bill and Maisie Gardner
1930 Gardners at Auchinraith Road
We continue Neil Scott’s excellent photos with another from Auchinraith Road taken in 1930. A charming family photo that shows the friendliness in the faces of these people. Captured over 85 years ago, Neil told me , “From left to right Aunt Jenny , Gran Maisie Gardner, Granpa Gardner at Auchinraith Road about 1930.” Do […]
1950 Morgans & Gardners at Hunthill
Neil Scott shared this photo adding, “From left to right Mr. Morgan, Agnes Gardner (nee Morgan) Mrs. MORGAN , CATHERINE MORGAN, JAMES GARDNER at Hunthill Road, about 1950.” Do you know the Morgans and Gardner families? The occasion is surely a wedding, judging by the buttonholes, but i don’t recognise which church.
1940s William L Gardner
Pictured here likely in the 1940s, is Blantyre man William L Gardner who lived at Stonefield Crescent. He was the Bakery manager for the Co-operative and would have worked at the site at Auchinraith Road. Thanks to Neil Scott for sharing this photo. William looks very finely dressed, a promotional picture perhaps for his success […]
1930 Blantyre folk at Auchinraith Road
Thanks to Neil Scott for sending in this photo, which is dated 1930 behind Auchinraith Road. Neil told me, “From Left to right this is Archie Gardner, Maisie Gardner (my grandmother nee Smith) Agnes Morgan, Jim Gardner, and was photographed behind Auchinraith Road about 1930.” A charming photo of Blantyre folk taken 85 years ago. I […]
1959 Gardners at Auchinraith Terrace
Thanks to Neil Scott who has shared these photos from the Gardner family. Three excellent family photos from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Pictured in 1959 is Christine Gardner with her mother Maisie on a day outing to the seaside. In the other picture, Maisie leans on railings outside her home in Auchinraith Terrace, […]







