The recent fine weather has encouraged me to explore outdoors, particularly during a walk at Greenhall in May. I was captivated by the vibrant leaves against the blue sky, prompting me to stop for a minute and appreciate the natural beauty and green spaces still present in Blantyre.
On Sunday 17th December 1893, just a week before Christmas, the death took place of Dr Wardrop Moore of Greenhall, High Blantyre. Passing away at his residence, Greenhall House that Sunday evening, he was 87 years old. He had been laid aside for some time beforehand and his passing was not unexpected. He was the […]
On Tuesday 18th March 1930, “The Women’s Guild of Empire” held a rally in the Co-Operative Hall at Herbertson Street, Blantyre with a large number of people from all over Lanarkshire attending. Mrs Flora Drummond (right) well-known British suffragette and founder of the National movement is pictured with the platform party that evening and their […]
One of the largest earthquakes of all time. A strange subject for the Blantyre Project. However, there are connections. Recently, I became aware of a previously untold story where a High Blantyre family got caught up in the utterly devastating earthquake of San Francisco, on the West Coast of America in April 1906. Colonel Wardrop […]
In September 1910, Mr James Main, a hawker from Douglas Street, High Blantyre was up in court for having broken a pane of glass at nearby Greenhall House. Whilst that doesn’t seem serious, you have to consider Greenhall House was then a private property, in a private estate and more than one crime had allegedly […]
Continuing our look at Greenhall Estate this week. This photo from the 1940’s was shared by the Paul family a few years back. This nice garden was attached to the former grand Greenhall House and putting this in context today, it would be where the swings and playpark was in Greenhall during the 1970s, 80s […]
Continuing a fascinating previously unseen look at photos of Greenhall from 100 years ago. This photo dates from 1921 and shows the western entrance (on the Crossbow side) snaking down through the trees to the former Greenhall House, now where the Carpark is. The large sloping field is on the right hand side (where people […]