In May 1967, Utility company ‘South of Scotland Electricity Board’ requested permission to erect a line of pylons through the outskirts of High Blantyre and over the Greenhall Estate into the Calder. The suggestion caused a lot of discussion amongst the 8th District Council as it was felt this was a high amenity area […]
I recently wrote about the discovery of the Greenhall Rifle Range, which opened in 1867 and confirmed it was on the Greenhall Estate on a flat piece of land. This got me thinking as to where it may have been. I now have a good contender for the location. I have ruled out the range […]
I once heard there was a rifle range at Greenhall (not to be confused by the range at Dechmont or one which used to be on land that would become Logan Street). However, I’d not been able to confirm a Greenhall range….until now. On Saturday 1st June 1867, the 44th Rifle Volunteers in Blantyre […]
Tonight I received unwelcome news, which left me shocked and saddened. My fellow history colleague, fellow Friends of the Calder member and friend, Stanley Ean Paul sadly passed away on 31st March 2018. I’ve only known Stanley for around 5 or 6 years meeting him for the first time in the original Friends of the […]
How depressing reading some 1920s adverts for Blantyre in local newspapers. Sectarianism rife. Take this for example, a simple advert for a cook for Greenhall. Where the qualifications are not asked for or even showing rates of pay, but where a major employment consideration and factor was “being a protestant’. How far we’ve come […]
Found this photo from 1999. From 18 years ago is Greenhall Park east driveway in. A time when the council spent proper money on the upkeep of the park, before the storm damaged trees and looking beautiful with verges maintained. Today, the trees are damaged, verges overgrown with weeds and nettles. Felling is ongoing of […]
With felling at Greenhall well progressed these last few weeks, Wed 13th September 2017 saw the start of the tree haulage from the High Blantyre site, with lorries now carting away the large felled conifers. Close to 500 dangerous trees are scheduled to be felled to make way for native species with work well underway […]