Customers at Hastie’s Farm Licensed Restaurant got a nice surprise on Monday 30th October 1967. The restaurant and bar, just off Victoria Street was packed as normal on that Monday night as families socialised. In the corner in previous weeks was an empty space where the black and white TV had been for watching evening […]
What a fantastic photo this is, not just showing the interior of the former Hastie’s Farm but for showing a happy, night out amongst friends and colleagues! This was a Robertson’s of Springwells staff night out, the ladies all enjoying some downtime at Hastie’s Farm in 1973. Do you recognise anybody in the photo? Perhaps […]
In September 1979, a new Music Club opened it’s doors at Hastie’s Farm, just off Victoria Street. The opening advert suggested ‘The Winchester Club’ promised the best in country and western music every Monday night complete with glamorous western waitresses in full cowgirl outfits! Top country singer Robert Farr and local band ‘Bandit’ were […]
Lena Elliott has shared this photo of a Blantyre High School staff night out. In the early 80’s the dinner ladies met at Hastie’s Farm. Date is likely 1984. Do you know any of the ladies pictured? Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our […]
This photograph shared by Lon McIlwraith is the glorious Back Room of Hastie’s Farm, just off Victoria Street, before the 1975 fire, taken from the end of the middle corridor. As you can see, it was very rustic looking, as one would imagine from the Stonefield Farm building. Old miner’s oil lamps hang from […]
A fascinating insight into the life of Bob Brown, former owner of Hastie’s Farm, written by his grandson, Lon McIlwraith. This article puts to bed, a myth or two and corrects some things that have been written incorrectly online in the last decade or so. Pictured is another photo of Bob and Sally. (Not […]
Lon McIlwraith has shared this photo, which you may have seen before, but perhaps not in this great detail. Providing some exclusive good detail about Hasties, Lon messaged, “This is a well-known picture of Hasties Farm, taken from the waste ground on the opposite side of Victoria Street. This was scanned from a large print, […]