On November 28, 1891, the Blantyre Church Halls memorial stone was laid after a procession, featuring speeches highlighting the community’s support. Rev. Mr. Turnbull emphasized the undertaking’s historical significance, while Colonel J. C. Forrest expressed gratitude for the silver trowel presented to him, symbolizing goodwill and a lasting legacy.
About 11 o clock on the evening of Saturday 31st May 1900, smoke was seen coming from a door and window of a property in Hunthill Road. The alarm quickly raised. This was the house of Mrs Fulton, a widow who lived alone. On the door being forced, the house was found to be full […]
On the afternoon of Wednesday 17th April 1901, a fire broke out in Hunthill Road, High Blantyre. The roof of the dwelling house, belonging to Mr Malcolm was seen to have flames coming from it. A piece of burning paper from the ash pit behind the home had landed on his thatched roof and hadn’t […]
Today’s previously unseen photo is shared by George Hay and is another great photo of the former High Blantyre School. Opened in 1875 at the same day as the school on Glasgow Road, this school on Hunthill Road lasted until the early 1980s. Photographed her here, (i think) during the 1970’s, the front of the […]
Today’s previously unseen photo is one which many people will recognise as the former High Blantyre School on Hunthill Road. Pictured in the snowy 1960’s, the school was by this time over 90 years old. This may stir up some memories for Blantyre residents as they remember back to their childhood and walking to school […]
Pictured here in 1935 or 1936 outside the door of 30 Hunthill Road, is baby Thomas Hay. This is across the road from the primary school on the opposite side and looks down Hunthill Road with the former railway bridge near the top of Stonefield Crescent. Thomas was born in 1935. The Hay family were […]
This is Hunthill Road running left to right. The date is unknown but there’s what appears to be a motorbike in the bottom corner and from the traffic poles, i’d date this photo between the 1930s and late 1960s. It was shared by George Hay whose family lived in former tenement houses just out the […]