This photo is from the 1930s and is Glasgow Road looking eastwards towards Hamilton. Taken on the toll brae the photo used for a postcard, was likely to celebrate the removal of tram lanes from the road and to celebrate a new hard surface being laid in the carriageway. As you see from the pavements, […]
We’re into some real old stories now about Blantyre, which hopefully you haven’t heard before. On the evening of Saturday 10th August 1901, shortly after seven o’clock, an alarming carriage accident happened in Stonefield, Blantyre, causing considerable excitement. A brake with three horses, which belongs to Mr George McLelland, carriage hirer of Burnbank, was plying […]
I’ve written previously about the telephone being run into High Blantyre Parish Chambers in 1907, but I’ve now found an earlier date when it first appeared in Blantyre overall, back as early as 1903 in Glasgow Road. On 27th March 1903, the Hamilton Herald newspaper reported, “We are now in a position to state that […]
It’s great to see photos by film cameras taken before digital or google street maps. An interesting photo shared here by Rob Gordon. The date is unknown, but I’m not sure though this is the demolition of the toilets(?|), which I think happened in the 1990s. The green facades of the shops further up the […]
Was 1980 REALLy 43 years ago?! Today’s photo is of Glasgow Road that year. Taken outside the Stonefield Tavern, the view is eastwards towards Hamilton. A scene strangely familiar yet to today, but with some very obvious differences. The road alignment on Glasgow Road and houses are common to today, but you’ll see Priory Street […]
More stories from Auld Blantyre, which I hope you’re hearing for the first time. 120 years ago, the sight of a motorcar was indeed a rare thing. Even more so if one was travelling through a small mining village like Blantyre. On Monday 19th October 1902 a sensation was felt when a motorcar unexpectedly passed […]
I’m looking forward to writing a sequel to my Glasgow Road book, which will this time be all about the businesses and homes on the North side of the road. I’ve been collecting many photos for that purpose. Like this one of the former Victoria Cafe, just after it had been boarded and bricked up. […]