On November 11, 1892, the Hamilton Herald covered local Blantyre news. The Ambulance Association faced unexpected fees for a meeting room, while ‘Old McKendrick’ gained attention for a potential £35,000 inheritance. Plans for a merchants dance sparked concern over missing invites, and rumors of new gas lamps led to public annoyance, denied by Mr. Scott.
In 1896, the road we know today as Station Road from the Station up to Glasgow Road, was almost entirely rural. A rough track, surrounded by fields, hedgerows and trees. Indeed on the eastern side there wasn’t one property or building from the station southwards until you got to the old Toll House at the […]
A little piece of Blantyre news from mid September 1908. On 16th September that year, a local newspaper reported: “The Blantyre street lamps have this week been getting a touch up with dark green paint, but so far there is no sign of the lamps resuming their Winter usefulness. As we have now reached the […]
Robert Stewart recently commented to me, “Did you know that part of the Dandy (the avenue leading from Glasgow Road), starting from the Glasgow Road, had gas lighting installed, I’m not sure how far it extended, but I remember gas lamp posts as far as Thornhill Cottage.” This made me wonder if it was amongst […]