1950’s Main Street, High Blantyre
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) […]
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1910’s Main Street, High Blantyre
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 […]
High Blantyre Post Office
Pictured during 1910’s is High Blantyre Main Street. The Post office on the far left, with Andrew Gilmour’s shop adjacent. It would appear that one of the Gilmours may […]
1989 Tenements at Kirkton
It’s not hard to see from this picture why the tenements at Kirkton were past their sell by date. Needing rewired, replumbed, damp, subsiding and unfit for habitation, these […]
1967 View from the Glebe
Taken from High Blantyre behind the Church, this 1967 view looks across towards the former Dixon’s Pit, which is being removed in the background. The Kirkton Housing estate in […]
1958 Explosion rocks High Blantyre
Sunday 9th March 1958 certainly started with a bang in High Blantyre! When Royal Engineers carried out the demolition of High Blantyre’s Dixon’s Pit, a demolition that the National Coal Board […]
1917 Somewhere in High Blantyre
This photo postcard is one hundred years old. It’s certainly dated from 1917 for on the back it simply says “Somewhere in High Blantyre”. Very faintly at the top right […]
1920’s Smithycroft, Blantyre
Today, we’re taking you back to 1920’s High Blantyre. Pictured on Craigmuir Road is a former building called Smithycroft, which was constructed in 1777. The front part of this […]
Advert: A.F Smith
A.F Smith – This motor business offered motor hiring and repairs and during the 1940’s and 1950’s was located at Victoria Garage, 10 Hunthill Road in High Blantyre. Their phone […]