Some more weddings from 1980. Do you recognise any of the couples? First up is Miss Elaine Martin of Wheatlands Avenue who married Hamilton man Alexander Hall. They married at High Blantyre Old Parish Church. Emily McNaught married Kenneth Rorke in 1980. Emily from Atholl Court in High Blantyre and Kenneth from Strathaven. The couple […]
This photo from Margaret Stewart’s family album shows 2 little Blantyre boys perhaps in the 1930’s or 40’s and sadly, the names are not known. With the cast iron radiators and swing doors, it looks like a public hall or school. It’s a longshot, but do you recognise the location? Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. […]
During 1924, the Miner’s Welfare had a planned budget to improve amenities in Blantyre. The Mines Department on Friday 11th July 1924, issued a statement showing the position of the Miners’ Welfare Fund district funds as at June 30th that year. The total of contributions and interest to the whole of district was a whopping […]
Here are a few photos of the current High Blantyre Church Hall being built in 1989 and what it looked like once completed. Built of brick and timber, the halls replaced the older halls on the opposite side of the road, demolished earlier that year. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for […]
Markets – When Blantyre was made a Burgh in 1599, the weekly market was fixed to take place on a Thursday and an annual fair was to be granted on 14th October “for buying and selling of flesh, fish, oxen, sheep, meal, peas, corn, barley, linen and woollen cloth skins and all other goods, […]
Kennedy’s Hall was a former hall located in Main Street, High Blantyre not far from where the Water Fountain is. It was located on the upper storey above a pub, by name of the Red Lion Pub and was owned by Mr. Kennedy in the late 1890s and early 1900s. The 2 storey stone […]
Glebe Cottage was a former, substantial double villa dating from between 1875 and 1879 located on Craigmuir Road immediately adjacent to the High Blantyre Station. The land was owned by the church, in particular with Rev. Stewart Wright noted as being the owner in the Valuation 1875 roll, which indicated “Glebe Land” with no indication […]