Alistair Hastings shared this absolutely cracking photo of the formerLido. Pictured from Bothwell Bridge, this scene was captured in 1963 and is in original Kodachrome colour film, featuring the moment well. I believe this is June, taken at the annual commemoration of the Battle of Bothwell Bridge. The location is busy and it’s hard to […]
Although none of these photos are in Blantyre Parish, they are all mostly taken immediately just over the Parish boundary in Uddingston or Maryville. They document in 1967 – 1969, the construction of the M74 Motorway, certainly a road that assisted everybody in the immediate vicinity. Some of the photos are taken at Uddingston looking […]
Sent in from Alistair Hastings whose grandfather took this photo in March 1963. From a vantage point near the David Livingstone Centre turnstiles, is a view over to the old Wages building. This is from Blantyre looking over to the Bothwell side of the River Clyde. To the right is the former David Livingstone Bridge. (the […]