In April 1977, Blantyre lost one of its long established traders. William Black’s bakers shop at 84 Glasgow Road closed its doors for the very last time, after serving in Blantyre for 54 years. Mr Black was by then 73 years old and as Blantyre headed into a new era of development, it was time […]
Plans to build a brand new ‘state of the art’ nursery school in Blantyre’s Church Street were finally shelved in March 1977. For some months prior to this, a new school was planned for children but like much of the education spending in the 70s and 80s, were finally subjected to Strathclyde Regional Council’s cutbacks. […]
In February 1977, Blantyre residents weren’t happy. Over 400 residents sent a petition to Hamilton District Council complaining about the lack of the town’s amenities and social depression. The public had formed a 3 man deputation to address the feeling that Blantyre was a ‘depressed town’ aiming to take the issues directly to the council. […]
On Sunday 24th November 1895, after having undergone extensive renovations, the Church of St Joseph’s on Glasgow Road Blantyre formally re-opened. This was a time before the current sandstone church, and for the purposes of this article, I’m talking about the older church (pictured in this beautiful photo) which was once on the site of […]
Now here’s a dramatic local story which you wouldn’t see these days, but certainly made the Blantyre headlines back in June 1896! Hopefully you haven’t heard of this before. The Hamilton Advertiser took great delight in telling readers of a sensational story which took place at Glasgow Road, Blantyre on Thursday 11th June 1896. That […]
I’m sure that despite this photo being several decades old, this image will invoke a lot of nostalgic memories for many Blantyre people, myself included. This is of course the former Post Office building once located at the corner of Logan Street (Left) and Glasgow Road (to the right). Built in 1953, this prominent, rather […]
A nice colour photo from 1979. This is Glasgow Road, looking Eastwards, though you would be forgiven if you don’t recognise the scene. This is the end of an era and making way for the next. On the far right a demolished Rosendale has given itself over to preliminary advance earthworks for a new East […]