Let’s get back to some new photos and familiar places. Today’s photo is a rare postcard, a scene I’d not seen before until recently, thanks to Gordon Cook sharing here. It’s General Bridge, High Blantyre and of course, Stoneymeadow Road. Taken over 100 years ago, children stand on either side at the parapets. One child […]
An alarming accident took place on the East Kilbride to High Blantyre Road on the evening of Wednesday 21st August 1901. A waggonette drawn by two horses, and belonging to Mr McLelland, carriage hirer of Burnbank, in which was a party of ladies, was proceeding along the road when it became involved in the accident. […]
Going back 100 years with this photo of the General’s Bridge on Stoneymeadow Road, High Blantyre. Not quite as impressive as the Gothic arch below but a charming photo nonetheless. It was colourised to make a postcard at the time. The bridge spans the Rotten Calder River with Crossbasket Estate on the right hand side. […]
On Monday 16th January 1967, the first phase of the EK Expressway was still being constructed and as normal, traffic coming from East Kilbride could only get into Blantyre by the Stoneymeadow Road, the quickest route at the time. That day, a lorry driver sped down the Stoneymeadow Road heading towards Blantyre and his […]
One of the most beautiful bridges in Blantyre, still relatively unspoiled since it was built, is the General’s Bridge over the River Calder at Crossbasket. Stoneymeadow Road (the old Toll Road) runs over the top. This high resolution postcard from 1910 shows the bridge in all its glory with its magnificent gothic arch, a […]
A lone figure stands on top of Generals’ Bridge on Stoneymeadow Road around 1910. The scene today still looks very rural, but the trees themselves very different. Significant tree felling took place along Stoneymeadow Road around the time of the first world war. This colourised photo shows Autumnal colours. On social media: Jane Clacy Walked this road […]
Taken from the book, “The History of Crossbasket Castle” by Paul Veverka 2015 (c) According to Mr. R.B Walker, (County Clerk in the 1920’s), the General’s bridge, nearby to Crossbasket Estate was of great interest to the seventh Baronet of Calderwood, General Sir William Maxwell, the landowner. This was probably due to his Calderwood Castle […]