On 3rd February 2015, I was contacted by Ayrshire man Alistair Hastings who shared this colourful photo. Alistair told me, “Hi Paul. I thought that you might like this photograph, which I think is Blantyre Ferme Colliery. It was taken in by my Grandfather, Joe Hastings in 1962. He lived in Uddingston. I think I can […]
A few mysteries surround these next 2 photos, although some of the information can be identified. The dates are unknown but guessed as being the 1950s. The location IS known though. Pictured are industrial works to the left of Blantyre Ferme Road. The landscape photo was taken from the vantage point of the railway bridge […]
Reputed to be Britain’s oldest triplets, a story featured in the newspapers of October 1944 of how Mrs John Thomson and her brothers, Robert and John Marshall, celebrated their 66th birthday in Cambuslang. The family were originally from Blantyre and the brothers grew up to be so much alike, that their own mother was sometimes […]