Athole Cottage – or Athol had address 8 Hamilton Drive, just off Syes Brae, High Blantyre. Constructed in 1902, by James Walker a local contractor in his 40’s, James owned and occupied the small, detached cottage when it was initially only accessible from Craigmuir Road (now severed by the East Kilbride Expressway). James Walker was […]
In early October 2015, Brian Frankham messaged me saying, “I was was told that access to the Greenhall Brickworks was from the top of Sydes Brae. I was born in Hamilton Drive which is off Sydes Brae and was always being told that I was born “up the Brickie” Certainly the people who told Brian […]
Pictured here in September 2014 are the green fields above Hamilton Drive at Newhouse. The leaves are just starting to change colour on the trees. The hay waiting to be collected on farm fields, that offer spectacular views not just of Blantyre but of all the valley right across to the Campsies in the distance. […]