How incredible we take certain things for granted these days. This advert from 1907 for Gilmours on Glasgow Road, Blantyre was a good reminder of progress and trying things for the first time. “Food for the Gods – BANANAS – Carefully ripened in our own Banana House. You cannot know how good Bananas are until […]
On Monday 16th November, 1908 a crack on a large window pane of a Blantyre shop provided some temptation to a gang of 14 or 15 local lads. The drapers shop had a fine display of brooches in the window at the time and a small crack at the corner of the pane, had been […]
A nostalgic photo from 1970 shared here by Anthony Smith who added, “There also used to be a post office here. Notice the letterbox. There was also a barber shop in the back.The ally led down into Bairds Raws.Sorry about the photo being a bit fuzzy.My father developed and printed all his own photos.This was […]
Blantyre shopkeepers were alarmed when it became known that attempts had been made during the week-end of 22nd and 23rd September 1928, to enter four shops all situated within fifty yards of one another in Stonofield Road. The premises belong to Dugald Norris, licensed grocer; David Gibson & Sons, licensed grocers; Peter Craig, butcher; […]
Love this photo! This is Glasgow Road looking to the north side around 1904. The single tram lane in the forefront of the photo, a relatively new addition at the time on Glasgow Road. A horse and cart is backed up on the pavement, into the delivery close for Gilmour’s Hardware shop. The horse […]
These beautiful photos feature Blantyre fields at the Clyde, near Craighead, overlooking Bothwell. Taken from Gilmour’s Directory in 1904, they offer in some fine detail what the riverside looked like well over a hundred years ago. In those earlier years, the viaduct was a busy thoroughfare, allowing not only rail, but pedestrian crossings too, on […]
A good resolution image from 1904, showing Bothwell Castle. Pictured from Blantyre side of the river. The photo was scanned and shared here by Gordon Cook.