Next, the story of a Blantyre lady who found herself in bother with the law when trying to hide a deserting soldier. Mary Smith Lynch lived at Hart’s Land, on Glasgow Road, Blantyre (the approximate area is now just in front of the Leisure Centre). Back in March 1918, Mary was charged at Hamilton Sheriff […]
On Sunday 28th January 1900, Blantyre residents awoke to news of a frightening and alarming incident, which shook them to the core. About one o’clock in the morning of Saturday 27th into Sunday 29th January Blantyre Police received information that a murderous assault had been made on a woman at Hart’s Land. (Harts Building […]
Taken in January 1979, during a particularly cold spell, James McGuire’s excellent photo attached shows the end of an era for Glasgow Road. This is Harts Land, just before being demolished. On the far left, the Central Bar, on the far right, the Cosy Corner, looking across Glasgow Road and up Craig Street. Families […]
Harts Land started off as a vacant field, indeed there is no evidence that anything at all existed at its location prior to the 1870’s. In 1875, William and Thomas Hart (brothers) bought this land, which was adjacent to Glasgow Road. It was fenced off in a large square, marking their boundaries and they […]
On 28th January 1900, John Quirk, a miner carried out a fearful attack on his wife at Hart’s Land, Stonefield, Blantyre. The building was the scene where John took an AXE to his wife! On Wednesday 15th March 1900, he pleaded guilty to the attack and it was found that he had been in the […]