Just a little post to remember Blantyre boy, Edward Allan Watson. On the 4th September 1951, about 68 years ago, three year old Allan Edward Watson was playing outside his home in High Blantyre. He lived at 395 Main Street with his family, including Stephen Watson, a brother who I know reads this page. Allan’s […]
Here’s a fantastic previously unseen photo of miners at Dixons Pits, High Blantyre. Believed to be the 1920s, the blue cross marks at least one known person, John ‘Jock’ Deccs. These eleven hard working men pose for the camera, some with the tools of their trade, depicting their particular job within the mining industry. Each […]
Stephen Watson shared this photo. He told me, “I have been told that the building on the left ( looking at it ) is 365 main st, where I was born in 1956. this pic may have been taken before that.” I don’t think I’ve seen this one before. The tenements on the left were […]
A brand new Cafe is coming soon to High Blantyre! The “Greenhall Country Cafe” is currently under construction, an exciting expansion for local business Greenhall Farm Produce. Located just off Hamilton Road, directly across from Greenhall Park, we think the location is fantastic. The spokesperson for Greenhall Farm Produce added, “All work being carried out is […]
Taken from high above Burnbank Hillhouse, this aerial photo from 1961 looks back towards High Blantyre. At a time before the EK Expressway, you can see the relatively new Kirkton Avenue and Waverley Terrace in the Housing Estate in the foreground, which had only been constructed a few years earlier. The fields to the […]
How about this for an amazing picture! It’s actually a postcard from around 1904 showing of course the entrance to High Blantyre Cemetery. Postcard 374 Published by Mrs J Wishart of High Blantyre. The Cemetery is pristine Well kept graves, gravestones all in good repair, benches for sitting to reflect or mourn. An iron […]
I’m guessing this brilliant photo was taken in the late 1950’s. Pictured, unusually for the time in colour is High Blantyre’s Main Street. The Baptist Church (the wee tin kirk) is pictured before the current building was constructed. I’ve not seen many photos of the 1950’s and 1960’s streets in Blantyre, so this one is […]
Hopefully this is the first time you’ve seen this photo! This is over a hundred years ago at High Blantyre Main Street. Looking eastwards from the Priestfield Area, the cottage in the middle left (Loch Ryan Cottage) is still there today in the form of McLeans Newsagents. In the foreground is Robert Todd’s bakers shop […]