With thanks to Sheena Thomson who shared a DVD with her family memories from the 1960s. I’ve extracted some Blantyre snippets and put music to it and with permission show it here today. Amongst the scenes is playing in the garden at Coatshill and some indoor scenes of Hastie’s Farm, at Sheena’s own wedding, though […]
Lots of people reading this website will have fond memories of popular Blantyre business, Hasties Farm. Named after David Hastie the former owner of Stonefield Farm, the business was owned by Bob Brown. Here’s a peek inside of what it looked like pre 1975. The hard wooded tables and seats providing a rustic charm against […]
I promised you all that I had some great new colour photos to show. Facebook website, Scotland Colourised, will colour any of your black and white photos for free within 48 hours and a few weeks ago, I sent them a huge batch of photos from Blantyre Project. So here, for the first time, these […]
A row erupted between neighbours at the end of Victoria Street in early 1980. Mr William Prentice, a coal merchant at 18 Victoria Street called the police 9 times in a short period of time when midnight revellers from nearby Hastie’s Farm disturbed his peace. People leaving the popular nightspot, regularly made noise and […]
Stephen Anderson took these photos back in 1992, just off Victoria Street. As he contemplated buying this old house, it was already boarded up and shortly after was demolished to make way for Victoria Care Home, built in 1996. How remembers this house and what can you tell me about its modern history? (I […]
Completing our look at Hastie’s Farm and the fantastic information Lon McIlwraith has provided. Bob Brown’s wife Kathy, uniform and all, serving petrol in the forecourt of his National petrol station outside Hastie’s! The photo is stamped January 1962 on the reverse. The glass office is in the background. Lon added, “Later a flat […]
This is the Front Room bar with Bob Brown either helping out or helping himself! The small opening to Bob’s left was the cubbyhole for serving drinks to Middle Room punters at Hasties Farm. The wooden gate-type doors either side of the bar opening were functional, to lock up the bar at night. There’s […]