Elizabeth Weaver shared this beautiful photo, a first time certainly I’ve ever seen the former Paddling Pool at High Blantyre Park. (Kirkton Park). Located near the entrance to Broompark Avenue, the paddling pool I believe was built in the 1940s, though this photo dates around 1950. The houses at Broompark Avenue are in the background. […]
Today’s Cine film takes you to playing at High Blantyre Park. Filmed in the 1960’s and shown here courtesy of Sanny McVicar, you can see the play equipment with the houses at Broompark Avenue and Broompark Road in the background. Coincidentally, one of the homes being that of members of my own family. Can you […]
Have I got a treat in store for YOU! In May this year, Sanny McVicar passed me some old cine reels which he assured me were of Blantyre. Curious, I decided to use the income from the sales of Blantyre Project books to fund the expensive process of converting them to electronic format, suitable […]